Grandmother has both of her legs severed by a train while taking a shortcut home… only for the limbs to fall off in front of her horrified son as he lifted her up after she crawled home
- A woman in Kazakhstan had both her legs severed by a train in freak accident
- Grandmother Kenzhetay still managed to haul herself 60 yards to seek help
- Her son turned her on her back and her severed legs 'just fell off in the snow'
A miracle woman crawled 60 yards home to seek help after she was run over by a train which broke both her legs.
Grandmother Kenzhetay Manaenkova, 61, was in agony and haemorrhaging blood as she heaved her way over the snow in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
She had taken a short cut home from her local store but clambering under a stationary tanker train - but it suddenly started moving.
Grandmother Kenzhetay Manaenkova, 61, (pictured, left, before the accident and right, after) was in agony and haemorrhaging blood as she heaved her way over the snow in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
A family portrait showing Kenzhetay Manaenkova (right) with daughter-in-law Elmira Amanzholova (left) and her adult son Denis Manaenkov (centre)
Victim Kenzhetay Manaenkova, 63, pictured with her grandchildren before the accident
'I tried to pull my legs free - but couldn't,' she said.
The trains wheels ran over her and severed both legs at the shins.
As she crawled home still clutching her shopping bag, her broken limbs 'only remained attached because she was wearing thick tights and high boots' against the fierce minus 12C cold.
The retired accountant finally reached her house and screamed for help to her adult son Denis, 36, who was working in the garage.
'She managed to crawl from the railway to her house to seek help,' said her daughter-in-law Elmira, 31.
'Denis heard a strange noise like children squealing.
'He ran to his mother.
'He turned her on her back and her severed legs in her tights and boots just fell off in the snow.'
Both limbs were broken at the shin.
Denis called an ambulance and neighbours rushed to help as Kenzhetay suffered major blood loss.
Kenzhetay Manaenkova pictured before the accident. The trains wheels ran over her and severed both legs at the shins
Kenzhetay Manaenkova pictured before the accident. Denis called an ambulance and neighbours rushed to help as Kenzhetay suffered major blood loss
'They could not stop it,' she said.
They made tourniquets to try and stem the flow as the woman screamed in pain.
'He was very worried that during the 30 minutes before the ambulance came,' said Elmira.
'She lost so much blood and he feared it would be the end,' she said.
'Later the doctors said that her condition was very serious when she was delivered to hospital .
'She had lost a huge amount of blood.'
Kenzhetay Manaenkova. The retired accountant finally reached her house and screamed for help to her adult son Denis, 36, who was working in the garage
The widow was admitted to intensive care and surgeons replaced the lost blood.
They needed to amputate her mangled legs again - to make a clean cut.
Relatives later recorded a video showing her route home from the train track.
As she crawled through the snow, she amazingly carried her shopping - a bottle of bleach and a pack of sweets.
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Locals say they often dive under trains which are left stationary at the tracks for long periods.
'There are no other crossings, or bridges,' said one. 'This is our only way, by clambering under the trains - it's how we live.'
Elmira said: 'The rules say the train should hoot its horn for five to ten seconds before moving..
Locals say they often dive under trains which are left stationary at the tracks for long periods, Victim Kenzhetay Manaenkova pictured left, and with grandchild, right
'The horn would have saved her legs.
'But there was no warning the train was about to leave.'
She said: 'I often have to climb under the trains.
'And sometimes there are four in a row. They can be there for a week and not move.
'So you have to dive under the wagons of four trains to get to the shop.'
The trains serve a local ArcelorMittal metals plant.
