Baby gets hit by train.

phasers · 16-10-2009 09:01PM

But wouldn't the mother have noticed the slope? I notice when I'm standing on a slanted surface

ShooterSF · 16-10-2009 09:17PM

I feel sorry for the driver. The guy/girl shouldn't have been subjected to that.

Victor · 16-10-2009 09:33PM

phasers wrote: »

But wouldn't the mother have noticed the slope? I notice when I'm standing on a slanted surface

As I said "Railway platforms aren't meant to have slopes in them".

And "the platform was recently partly resurfaced" - its a minor change, maybe there was other building work and she didn't notice / appreciate the slope.

You can see the two parts of hte platform here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8311289.stm

Riddle101 · 16-10-2009 10:08PM

Wow, first we get a toddler with the IQ of Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein and now we have a baby who seems to be Invincible or maybe he has superhuman endurance. If you ask me I think a new superhuman race of mutants is being born. Now excuse me while I contact my associate Bolivar Trask and tell him we may have to consider building the Sentinels. Oh i'm a geek

X-Men reference

Overheal · 17-10-2009 06:13AM

only in amer- oh wait.

that station is going to have a serious lawsuit on their hands. thats the australian w- oh wait.

you know the worst part? if someone flushed on of the toilets when the train stopped, that baby was not only run over by a train, but also covered in poo.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 17-10-2009 06:33AM

That's pretty shocking to watch. The heading is very misleading though, I wouldn't consider that train to be "speeding".

I feel sorry for the mother, she will have to live with this for the rest of her life. Probably going to be extremely over protective of her child which may lead to other problems.

That is one lucky baby.

opinion guy · 17-10-2009 06:39AM

jaysusjones wrote: »

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

God I hate Sky News :rolleyes:

THe problem with 24 hours news. They have no clue what to fill the time with. Used to be in old days jounro's had to do research and compile an actual story. Now they just put up someone's mobile camera footage and commentate. **** you not I was watching that time your man attacked Stormont and sky news were all over it. 'Yes Yes Oh MY God and here we see a police dog searching the bushes. Perhaps there is another mental terrorist waiting the pounce. I'm sure th edog can handle him thou. You heard it here first folks - Heroic Dog tackles Terrorist'. Dog emerges from bushes wagging tail gleefully. Probably banged up she-dog.

Eden Little Metropolitan wrote: »

That's pretty shocking to watch. The heading is very misleading though, I wouldn't consider that train to be "speeding".

I feel sorry for the mother, she will have to live with this for the rest of her life. Probably going to be extremely over protective of her child which may lead to other problems.

That is one lucky baby.

Hmm u ever been hit at 35kph by a multi-ton object? I imagine it would seem speeding enough.

I gotta say thou - its an awful pity we can't see where the mother is looking cos it looked a bit like she was standing there going 'oh look the pram is rolling...lalalala....OMFG the pram is rolling ARRRGGHHHH'

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-10-2009 07:00AM

All this drama could have been avoided if the train driver had swerved to avoid the buggy - I blaim the train driver.

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DamoDLK · 17-10-2009 08:49AM

Lucky the child was strapped in the buggy - or he'd of been a goner.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/shocking-cctv-footage-of-babys-miracle-escape-20091016-h0th.html

**Timbuk2** · 17-10-2009 09:15AM

Platforms are generally sloped away from the tracks.

But seeing as this occured in Australia, which is upside down, gravity was reversed and the pram rolled up the hill.

Dudess · 17-10-2009 10:57AM

The poor woman. Wouldn't be surprised if she was messed up for a long time about this. I hope she won't be subjected to judgemental attitudes like on this thread...

OctavarIan · 17-10-2009 12:06PM

David Dunn? This kid is gonna be a superhero!

_Kooli_ · 17-10-2009 12:10PM

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phew.

Valhalla · 17-10-2009 12:13PM

I reckon there was a Jedi there having a pervy day, he was trying to pull the mother kacks down using the force but couldnt see the unfortunate side effects of his efforts..... those scoundrels:rolleyes::rolleyes:

stovelid · 17-10-2009 12:13PM

Dudess wrote: »

hope she won't be subjected to judgemental attitudes like on this thread...

The possibility of non-judgement is about as likely as the kid surviving in the first place..

nacho libre · 17-10-2009 12:21PM

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Dudess · 17-10-2009 12:39PM

stovelid wrote: »

The possibility of non-judgement is about as likely as the kid surviving in the first place..

Oh absolutely, but I hope she won't be given too hard a time by others.

Ghost Train · 17-10-2009 02:49PM

and what would we all be saying if the kid had died... we mightn't have been shown the video and i don't think we would be as judgemental, probably just feel sad for the parent... so I guess we should be happy and understand it as an accident

iguana · 17-10-2009 02:50PM

If the platform has been recently resurfaced and that caused the slope toward the tracks, it's possible this woman has been at this station many times before with the pram and been able to let it go without a problem. If you've done something 50 times before without the pram rolling you aren't going to be examining the ground to see if it slopes forward this time.

stovelid · 17-10-2009 04:16PM

Ghost Train wrote: »

and what would we all be saying if the kid had died...

Clue:

R*P

Baby gets hit by train.

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