Baby survives being run over by a train
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A baby has miraculously survived after his pram rolled off a railway platform in front of a train.
The six-month-old baby boy had only a cut to his head after the accident in Melbourne, Australia.
The train was slowing down as it came into the station but dragged the baby's pram about 35 yards along the tracks before coming to a halt.
Watch this CCTV video and you will be amazed he survived at all.
Paramedic Jon Wright told the Herald Sun newspaper the baby was fine afterwards and just "needed a feed and a nap".
He said: "Luckily, he was strapped into his pram at the time, which probably saved his life. I think the child's extremely lucky."
The video shows how easily such an incident could happen, as the mum takes her hands off the pram for just a moment, having forgotten to put the brakes on.
The pram then rolls towards the edge of the platform with the mother unable to grab it. She watches in horror as it falls in front of the train.
Any parent can only imagine how that poor woman must have felt as she stood there helplessly. She must be thanking her lucky stars for every minute for the rest of her life that her son was unharmed.
The rail firm Connex is launching an investigation into how the pram rolled off the platform.
Coincidentally, the day before the accident happened, Connex had launched a child safety awareness campaign warning parents to keep children strapped into their prams at all times when on railway platforms.
Source: The Guardian
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
BarryJesus 10-16-2009 @ 7:16AM
I am really pleased I saw the baby was ok before I watched that.
I cannot imagine what that mum must have been going through in that first minute.
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Matt 10-16-2009 @ 12:25PM
I have never left my children in a pram without the brakes on while by a platform...
briankilb 10-16-2009 @ 5:51PM
Why on earth aren't the platforms raised slightly towards the edge, so that wheeled carriers wouldn't roll forwards? Duh?
star 1-01-2010 @ 7:38AM
does anyone else see the dark shadow darting from one side to the other until it stops right in front of the train as the pram falls.
suze 10-16-2009 @ 7:38AM
Oh God that made me cry!
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Em 10-16-2009 @ 7:49AM
makes me want to hug my kids tight. an angel must have been watching over them x
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hopeboy 10-16-2009 @ 9:42AM
And it says........" His angels shall have charge over thee"
karen 10-16-2009 @ 7:58AM
God that made me feel absolutely sick! Can not even begin to imagine what that poor mother felt stood on that platform, thank god her baby is ok it doesnt even bare thinking about!
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Glenn 10-16-2009 @ 8:14AM
It looked a very windy day. The wind caught the buggy. Thank god the baby was OK.
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Tutorgirl 10-16-2009 @ 8:19AM
that is so scary! The mother must have been terrified when the train passed over her baby. Im so glad the baby is ok!!!
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gerry 10-16-2009 @ 9:00AM
looking at the video brought tears to my eyes, the mother must have been terrified, I'm happy for the mother and child. thank god the child is ok.
megansimone 10-16-2009 @ 8:54AM
Oh my word! I am in tears watching that. No doubt everyone thought that the baby would be dead after the fall alone, but then the train going over it! Thank God the baby survived with only a cut to the head.
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David 10-16-2009 @ 8:55AM
omg, that was unbelievable. What was the woman doing when the pram started to drift off in the direction of the platform, thankfully though the baby survived.
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natalie 10-16-2009 @ 10:36AM
It will have been seconds that the poor woman looked away. Its so easy done. She is a very lucky lady.
simon 10-21-2009 @ 1:56PM
"what was she doing"
looks like pulling her kegs up !!
me, i would have grabbed at it.
then again, me would have parked it along the platform, not across
gerry 10-17-2009 @ 11:34AM
God ! looking at the video brought tears to my eyes, I wonder what thoughts must have been going through MUM, Im happy to see both well, thank God
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Margaret 10-16-2009 @ 9:31AM
I only watched because i knew it had a happy outcome, even now i am tearful (tears of happiness though) It's a miracle, thankfully he is unharmed, something the mother will remember the rest of her life no doubt.
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Sky 10-16-2009 @ 10:05AM
If the mother had been paying more attention to her baby than her clothing then she wouldnt have lost the pram.....
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bjaye 10-16-2009 @ 2:56PM
Sky - you obviously dont have any children! My heart goes out to that poor woman. You only need to look away for a second or 2 and we are ALL human
Sky 10-16-2009 @ 8:37PM
Bjaye you are obviously more stupid than i thought....I have 2 children but not stupid enough to let go of my babies pram when 1 its windy and 2 im next to a train track......and I would have always applied the brakes....thats what they are there for!! and if your pram/buggy is faulty then i would replace it.