What would be the Islamic solution to the common though experiment in ethics ‘The Trolley Problem’?

This came to me in the shower the other day and made me think what would be the right thing to do in such a situation Islamically.

To summarise the trolley problem:

There is a runaway trolley barrelling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However, you notice that there is one person on the side track. You have two options:

1. Do nothing and allow the trolley to kill the five people on the main track.

2. Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will kill one person.

Islamically, which one is the more ethical option or the right thing to do? Or, is there another solution completely?

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