Phil D. Posted February 28, 2008 Share #1 Posted February 28, 2008 AHMADABAD, India (Feb. 28) - A newborn baby girl fell through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks moments after her mother prematurely gave birth, surviving nearly two hours before being found, relatives said Thursday. The child's mother, who uses the single name Bhuri, was traveling with relatives on an overnight train when she went to the bathroom shortly before midnight Tuesday and unexpectedly gave birth to a baby girl, said Arjun Kumar, her brother-in-law. "Later, she fell unconscious and the baby fell through the toilet," he continued. "Two stations later, we knocked at the door." Bhuri opened the door, soaked in blood. "When we asked her about what happened, she said the baby had fallen through onto the tracks," Kumar said. Toilets on Indian trains usually have holes that open directly onto the tracks, and there were no indications Thursday that authorities doubted Bhuri's story or planned to investigate the incident. Kumar said that after finding Bhuri, relatives pulled the train's emergency brake and told railway officials what had happened. A search was quickly organized, and guards at one of the stations the train had passed soon found the baby. "She was on the rail track for almost 1 1/2 to two hours," said Dr. Gautam Jain, a pediatrician at Rajasthan Hospital in Ahmadabad, in the western state of Gujarat, where the baby and mother were taken. The child, who has not yet been named, was eight to 10 weeks premature and weighed only 3.22 pounds, Jain said. She had a low heart rate and body temperature. "We do not expect such children to survive," Jain said. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. 2008-02-28 10:39:26 http://news.aol.com/story/_a/baby-falls-down-train-toilet-onto-tracks/20080228103909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 28, 2008 Share #2 Posted February 28, 2008 Holy !@#$! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted February 28, 2008 Share #3 Posted February 28, 2008 What in the world! Geez, what a way to give birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted February 29, 2008 Share #4 Posted February 29, 2008 the toilet goes onto the track?? eww let's just say too bad for the vandals that decide to walk the tracks lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted March 1, 2008 Share #5 Posted March 1, 2008 Some American cars had their toilets lead to the tracks until fairly recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted March 1, 2008 Share #6 Posted March 1, 2008 Wow....what a shocking story. Hopefully, the baby won't die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted March 5, 2008 Share #7 Posted March 5, 2008 I have many jokes to say, but it does involve a baby (albeit in an over populated country). I'll just shut up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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