Drunken man survives fall from platform onto subway tracks in Nagoya

Police said Monday that a drunken man fell off the platform onto the train tracks on the Nagoya subway on Sunday. He sustained only minor injuries to his face as the train passed over him.

According to a city transportation official and police, the man, aged in his 20s, fell off the platform at Yabacho Station on the Municipal Subway at 8 a.m., just as a train was arriving. TV Asahi reported that the driver applied the brakes but the train passed over the man and continued on for 25 meters before coming to a halt.

The man was between the rails and was not touched by the train, TV Asahi said.