AN epileptic man who suffered a fit while crossing a railway line on Friday narrowly escaped death when a train drove over him. Mndawe Simon Mkhabela (24) had fallen on the tracks at about 10am, 1km from the Kaapmuiden station near Malelane in Mpumalanga. Mkhabela, who lives in Matsulu, was on his way to a nearby farm with his mother Lizzy Magagula (45) when he had the fit. His mother was trying to revive him when she saw the train approach and quickly moved his body within the tracks so that the train could pass over him and not crush him. The front part of the engine clipped him on his chin, while the rest of the 23-carriage cargo train passed over him without touching him. The gush of the passing train knocked his mother over and the train driver screeched to a halt to help her. Mkhabela was treated for a fractured chin and bruises. – African Eye News Service