The recent awareness campaign for the Prague Metro emergency button, initiated by the police and the media following an incident involving a blind man, has already proven its worth.

On Saturday, alert passengers saved the life of a drunk woman who fell onto the tracks at the Nádraží Veleslavín metro station. Subsequent tests revealed that she had a blood alcohol level of 2.5 per mille.

According to police spokeswoman Eva Kropáčová, the incident occurred on Saturday, August 17, shortly after 6 p.m. The metro station dispatcher reported to the emergency line 158 that a woman had fallen onto the tracks.

Passengers on the platform immediately called for help, and one woman, after notifying another passenger, ran to the emergency button and pressed it, stopping the metro traffic.

One witness ran to the control room, where they informed the dispatcher and called for paramedics and police. A doctor who was traveling on the metro also came to the woman’s aid, providing medical assistance until firefighters and police officers arrived and transported her to an ambulance.

This incident follows a tragic event last week at the Křižíkova station, where a blind man was killed after falling onto the tracks. Passengers had attempted to call for help using the emergency line, but were unaware that pressing the emergency button would have been a quicker way to stop the approaching train.

The emergency buttons are covered with protective glass that can be easily broken with a push, allowing access to the button. When pressed, the train protection system is triggered, stopping the train or preventing it from moving.

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