Baby gets hit by train.

January

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A six-month-old boy has miraculously survived a train slamming into his pram after it rolled off an Australian railway platform.


The collision happened as a city-bound service pulled up to Ashburton station, in a Melbourne suburb.

CCTV footage shows the boy's mother taking her hands off the three-wheeler pram's handles and failing to notice as it slowly edges towards the tracks.

The mum suddenly spots the baby carrier picking up speed and she rushes with outstretched arms to try and save her young child.


But the pram tips over the edge of the platform and the baby slams onto the tracks head first.

Before the boy can be rescued, the train powers past, horrifying the mother and other waiting passengers.

The footage ends with the frantic mum and a man running up to the driver, who has just stopped the 250-ton vehicle.



Australia's Herald Sun said the train ploughed into the pram at about 35km/h, dragging the child along beneath the front carriage.

But the boy was hauled from the tracks with little more than a bump on his head.

Paramedic Jon Wright said the six-month-old just "needed a feed and a nap".

"Luckily, he was strapped into his pram at the time, which probably saved his life. I think the child's extremely lucky," the paramedic told the paper.

"Fortunately the train was slowing as it pulled into the station."

Rail firm Connex is to investigate how the pram rolled off the platform and the train driver will be offered counselling.

There's also a video on the site... Couldn't imagine what I'd be like if it was my baby... even though he was fine I'd say the mothers heart stopped for the few minutes he was trapped.

Gone Drinking

I'll watch alot of stuff on the internet, but even though i know that kid survives, i couldn't watch that. The thought of it even happening gives me chills.

Davidius

Sounds like an adaption of Superman's origins.

helimachoptor

shocking

Mossy Monk

I was expecting a 100mph collision from the way the first few paragraphs of that report were written.

Glad that everyone is ok.

phasers

That mother is a retard

GavRedKing

Thats one lucky kid. I couldnt even imagine trying to watch as the pram got dragged away down the track by the train, scary stuff.

bluto63

That would be terrifying. I couldn't imagine seeing my child being dragged along underneath a train, it's too horrible.

triple-M

if i was the kid i'd disown my mother for being so effin stupid,its nearly as bad as when you see mothers waiting to cross the road push their buggy out onto the road while the mother waits up on the path

seamus

It's not a shocking or graphic video really, though the poor mother is clearly devastated as soon as the train arrives. When it stops, she doesn't even run to the front until everyone else does (perhaps the child can be heard crying).

That's the benefit of the steel frame on the buggy. The child will be fine, that woman will never get over that trauma though.

Gotta love Sky news and their sensationalist reporting though. Clearly the writer lost his thesaurus and couldn't think of any word but "slam" today.

ibarelycare

F*ck. That video actually gave me shivers. Can't imagine being there and hearing the mother screaming.

Long Onion

Shit train if you ask me.

Mr. Presentable

phasers wrote: »

That mother is a ustralian

sorted it

mikom

lol at the Aussies poor remake of battleship potemkin.

Jumpy

ibarelycare wrote: »

F*ck. That video actually gave me shivers. Can't imagine being there and hearing the mother screaming.

If its a guy dressed as Thomas the Tank engine punching a baby carrier I am going to be well pissed off.


Im not falling for that shit again.

Heisenberg.

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Pighead

Chilling story alright. Reminds Pighead of the time he was almost eaten by a donkey. Mammy had nipped down to the shops to purchase some Liga for her darling son. "I'll be back in two minutes Pighead, stay there and watch your cartoons and don't open the door to anybody"

Almost as soon as she left, there was a knock on the door. It was the donkey. Luckily Pighead had remembered his Mammy's warning and didn't let him in. Crisis averted.

KilOit

The vid is shocking alright wouldn't like to feel what she felt for those few seconds, really can't fault the mother though it's just a pure accident only took her hand off the pram for a second how she know it'll roll away.

TheZohanS

KilOit wrote: »

how she know it'll roll away.

It had wheels.

Carroller16

Pighead wrote: »

Chilling story alright. Reminds Pighead of the time he was almost eaten by a donkey. Mammy had nipped down to the shops to purchase some Liga for her darling son. "I'll be back in two minutes Pighead, stay there and watch your cartoons and don't open the door to anybody"

Almost as soon as she left, there was a knock on the door. It was the donkey. Luckily Pighead had remembered his Mammy's warning and didn't let him in. Crisis averted.

Liga was f***in gorgeous

KilOit

Trains platforms should be flat surface and not slant towards the tracks, pram was also facing away and was still able to slip away fast so must be quite a slant.

phasers

KilOit wrote: »

Trains platforms should be flat surface and not slant towards the tracks, pram was also facing away and was still able to slip away fast so must be quite a slant.

She should have put the fcuking brakes on if she was getting go of the buggy. She's a dope.

SEPT 23 1989

a ghost pushed it

misswex

God I couldn't imagine going through something like that, she must have been terrified. Thank God it had a happy ending and the baby was ok - lucky escape!!

stovelid

Quit moralizing folks. It was a mistake and could happen to anybody.

Good job she didn't instinctively jump down on to the track herself. She looked pretty close to doing it.

Pighead

Carroller16 wrote: »

Liga was f***in gorgeous

Still is Carroller, still is. That story was from last week.

Liga will always be a huge part of Pighead's life. Not entirely sure about this but think Liga is an acronym for: Liga Is Gorgeous Always.

overexcitedaj

wow that vid really gave me chills.
How in the hell did that child survive.

cosmic

Bloody Aussies - trains, dingos... Just watch your f*cking kids!

KilOit

overexcitedaj wrote: »

wow that vid really gave me chills.
How in the hell did that child survive.

Kid was between tracks, would of just rolled a little since he was custioned by the pram being strapped in, different headline if he landed on a track, he would of been cut in two.
Extremely lucky, parent will never get over that.

K-Ren

That would be a pretty weird thing to witness in real life.

Enii

K-Ren wrote: »

That would be a pretty weird thing to witness in real life.

Did you see the person with the back pack - looked like they were just going to get on the train as normal when it arrived!!!!! LOL!

Somnus

When I was reading it I was thinking "Wow that mother must be an absolute idiot" but after seeing the video I don't really blame her. She only looked around for a second and there was an extreme slant on the platform, the buggy rolled very quickly. It's a scary video alright, even though you know that the kid is ok.

DamoDLK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzsgQ8ArIKk

Saw this on the news earlier...

markok84

she took her hands off to pull up her pants..... I guess if anything it'll teach her to get a belt.

Kradock

Carroller16 wrote: »

Liga was f***in gorgeous

It still is:)

Abi

Shes damn lucky that wasn't an express.

Imagine telling him that story when he grows up. "One day we were waiting for a train. Mommy had to pull up her kackeroos and well, you got hit by a train. Oopsies!"

anniehoo

My stomach somersaulted after watching that. It literally happened in a split second-unreal. That is seriously one lucky lucky kid!!

DamoDLK

anniehoo wrote: »

My stomach somersaulted after watching that. It literally happened in a split second-unreal. That is seriously one lucky lucky kid!!

Every news brake on Channel 10, is showing this clip!!! its quite unreal!

stovelid

Abigayle wrote: »

Imagine telling him that story when he grows up. "One day we were waiting for a train. Mommy had to pull up her kackeroos and well, you got hit by a train. Oopsies!"

I didn't ask to buck incredible odds in a potentially fatal rail accident, did I?

/flounces off to bedroom.

Soby

Having seen the video its a ****ing **** design.I mean why would you slope the platform towards the tracks?

jaysusjones

Sky News keep showing the footage on repeat. I wish they would stop.

God I hate Sky News :rolleyes:

L31mr0d

30 years from now I know I'm going to utter the sentence:

"Hey you know that Cult that just committed mass suicide last week, well it's leader, the guy who thought he was the next messiah or Megatron or something, well remember that baby that survived being run over by a train... same person man, same person"

nibtrix

markok84 wrote: »

I guess if anything it'll teach her to get a belt.

Also, not to wear high heels.... if you watch the video on the article link you can see her slip when she lunges to grab the buggy, might have caught it if she hadn't almost snotted herself.

NothingMan

Abigayle wrote: »

Shes damn lucky that wasn't an express.

Imagine telling him that story when he grows up. "One day we were waiting for a train. Mommy had to pull up her kackeroos and well, you got hit by a train. Oopsies!"

"So what you're telling me Mom, is that I am invincible!" *proceeds to run through the storyline of Unbreakable.

needcar

thought this was a joke til i actually read the post, dang

Morlar

Dr.Poca wrote: »

there was an extreme slant on the platform

I thought so as well, the pram may have been a bit dodgy too but should they not be slanted the other way to prevent anything rolling onto the tracks ?

Numina

This video was incredibly easy for me to watch.

needcar wrote: »

thought this was a joke til i actually read the post, dang

I thought it was going to be another "Man gets hit by train" gag.

CianRyan

Lately I've been so weird.
That didn't affect me at all.

Ok, If I was there, it probably would but just watching it there... It's some one I don't know and the baby didn't die.



I can see why people would be disturbed but well... Life has left me hardened when it comes to this kind of stuff.

Xavi6

Gone Drinking wrote: »

I'll watch alot of stuff on the internet, but even though i know that kid survives, i couldn't watch that. The thought of it even happening gives me chills.

Scien wrote: »

Yahoo have actually posted the Video on their main page.

Disturbing call from the Editor it must be said.

jaysusjones wrote: »

Sky News keep showing the footage on repeat. I wish they would stop.

God I hate Sky News :rolleyes:

It's been shown on every news bulletin here in Australia today and nobody has really looked for it to be removed.

I personally don't see how it's a disturbing call from the editor considering the outcome. The kid only got a bump on the head so all's well that ends well. If he had died then fair enough but I don't see how it's disturbing in the slightest.

Dave!

Man I can imagine few scarier things than that...... That mother will be in therapy for the rest of her life ! The kid probably won't give a sh*t

But when s/he grows up, that'd be some story to tell ! :eek:

Call Me Jimmy

anniehoo wrote: »

My stomach somersaulted after watching that. It literally happened in a split second-unreal. That is seriously one lucky lucky kid!!

Any luck he had in surviving has got to be a bit canceled out by the bad luck he had in landing in front of a train?!