<p><br /> A blind man fell onto the tracks at a subway station as a train was arriving today, but he escaped unharmed by lying flat as the cars screeched to a halt above him, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The train "ran over the man but didn't touch him, thank God," LA Metro spokesman Paul Gonzales said. "In my view this is a miraculous occurrence. The man is exceedingly lucky to be alive."<br /><br />The 47-year-old Los Angeles man fell from the platform at the Wilshire and Vermont station in the city's Koreatown neighbourhood as a Red Line train was approaching.<br /><br />The train operator blew its horn, but by the time he could stop the train, the second car had passed over the man, Gonzales said.<br /><br />The man, whose identity was not released, had "no obvious injuries" and was not touched by the train, but he was taken to a hospital as a precaution, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Main said.<br /><br />This is at least the third time since September 2012 that a train on the Red Line has passed over a person. In the other two instances, the people were seriously injured.</p>
<p><br /> A blind man fell onto the tracks at a subway station as a train was arriving today, but he escaped unharmed by lying flat as the cars screeched to a halt above him, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The train "ran over the man but didn't touch him, thank God," LA Metro spokesman Paul Gonzales said. "In my view this is a miraculous occurrence. The man is exceedingly lucky to be alive."<br /><br />The 47-year-old Los Angeles man fell from the platform at the Wilshire and Vermont station in the city's Koreatown neighbourhood as a Red Line train was approaching.<br /><br />The train operator blew its horn, but by the time he could stop the train, the second car had passed over the man, Gonzales said.<br /><br />The man, whose identity was not released, had "no obvious injuries" and was not touched by the train, but he was taken to a hospital as a precaution, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Main said.<br /><br />This is at least the third time since September 2012 that a train on the Red Line has passed over a person. In the other two instances, the people were seriously injured.</p>