A Murbad resident was hit by a pole while hanging from a local train on Sunday evening around 5.30 pm. Eknath Korlekar (28) fell off the running train, but was saved by one Maimuna Pathan (35), a resident of the slums near the railway tracks. The incident took place near the Mumbra and Kalwa tracks.The railway police suspect Korlekar was trying to perform stunts on the moving train when he met with the potentially fatal mishap. Grievously injured and dazed, he managed to stumble to the nearby slums where Pathan’s efforts managed to save his life.“I had just returned from work and was drinking tea, when a few neighbours started talking about someone falling off the train. I threw the tea and also rushed towards the spot to find a man trying to walk towards us. He was bleeding profusely and mumbling that no one was helping him,” said Pathan. She added that Korlekar then asked her for a phone to contact his family.He was trembling and was very scared. He told Pathan that he was from Murbad and was going from Kalyan towards Thane to meet his uncle. Pathan then asked Korlekar to stay calm and covered his injuries with some cloth.Pathan added, “While I was trying to help him, a few of my neighbours told me to stay away from the matter as I could get in trouble with the railway police. But I told them to go away, as I was not going to sit and watch the man die.” She then took Korlekar to the railway police at Mumbra station, who immediately noted down the details and called for an ambulance. He was taken to Thane civil hospital.Pathan, who does odd jobs for a living, said she could not believe that Korlekar could stand after taking such a nasty blow. At Mumbra station, cops asked her to leave but she told them that she wouldn’t budge till somebody from the victim’s family reached the hospital.“I did not want to leave him. I thought I should ensure that he was taken care of properly, so I went to the hospital as well. His relatives, who came in later, offered me money but I refused and told them I will come to meet him later,” she said.Santosh Korlekar, victim’s elder brother, said, “All he said was that he was standing at the door to get off at Thane station when he fell off. We did not ask him anything else as he is in pain and trauma. GRP officials have taken his statement.”“The patient’s shoulder bone is fractured, and he has multiple injuries on the scalp. He is conscious and his vital statistics are stable. We have done a CT scan of brain and are waiting for the reports,” said Dr UD Marulkar, medical superintendent, Thane Civil Hospital.