Tsutomu Ikeda rescues fallen man from tracks

Actor Tsutomu Ikeda (31) displayed his heroism last Thursday night, when he helped save a man who had fallen onto the railway tracks at a station in Tokyo’s Minato ward.

According to the Tokyo Fire Department, the incident occurred at around 9:15pm on Thursday at the Omotesando Station stop of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. A drunk 71-year-old man fell onto the tracks, and Ikeda, who was on the platform at the time, quickly jumped down to rescue the man. He was helped by a 23-year-old salaryman named Yoshinori Akiyama, who also jumped down after noticing the elderly man fall.

The man hit his head and could not get up, but Ikeda and Akiyama managed to carry him back onto the platform. Fortunately, another person pressed the emergency button, so the oncoming train was able to stop about 420 meters before the station.

A doctor who happened to be on the platform treated the man before he was taken to the hospital. Although he hit his head when he fell, it is said that his condition is normal.

Ikeda is currently appearing in the Kohei Tsuka play “Hiryuden 2010.” The play had finished its Tokyo run at the end of last month, and Ikeda was on break until the next performance, which was held in Nagoya on Saturday.

Ikeda is also known for being involved in an incident in 2003, when five people were injured during the filming of a TV show in Nagoya. Ikeda was behind the wheel of a car for one scene, but he lost control and ended up driving into a crowd of spectators.

Source:
Sankei Sports