A woman fell onto the tracks at a subway station here after she bumped into another commuter while using her mobile phone, but the driver of an incoming train managed to stop some 20 meters before her, police said.

The 25-year-old woman from Kawanishi was at Honmachi Station on the Midosuji subway line in Osaka’s Chuo-ku, when the accident took place at about 8:30 a.m. on Monday.

She fell off the platform after bumping into a man. A station worker immediately jumped down to the tracks and rescued her.

A train was approaching, but it managed to stop about 20 meters in front of the commuter. The woman reportedly suffered minor injuries in the fall.

Four trains were delayed over the incident, inconveniencing about 4,500 passengers, Osaka Municipal Government officials said.

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