lying prostrate
こちらはまたまた心温まるニュースでしたが、千葉・市川の事件は刺殺事件になってしまいました。日本が壊れています。さて、Umeくん、 lying prostrateとはどんな状態だったのでしょうか。（UG）
Commuters band together to rescue woman from beneath Yamanote Line train
At approximately 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, a loud scream was heard as a train pulled up to the JR Yamanote Line platform at Tokyo’s Shibuya Station. Seconds later, crowds of people gathered around one particular train car and station staff in smart jackets and caps could be seen running up and down the platform.
Someone was trapped beneath the train.
In a scene not unlike that of July 22 this year when a woman slipped and became pinned between a train and the platform edge, commuters quickly banded together to push the train away from the platform so that the fallen passenger could be freed, with many Japanese Twitter users uploading snaps of the incident online.
Moments after the crowd gathered, an announcement was made over the station’s public address system informing commuters that a woman was trapped beneath the train and asking for their help in pushing the carriage back far enough for station staff to retrieve her.
The woman, said to be in her 60s, reportedly called for help from beneath the train and was lying prostrate between the rails of the track. It is believed that she had attempted to kill herself by jumping in front of the train.
