Baby survives after train hits pram at Melbourne railway station

[Violet_Crumble]

Source: Guardian

A 15-month-old boy suffered only minor cuts and bruises when a train struck his pram after it rolled on to the tracks at a station in Australia today.

CCTV footage shows the pram rolling over the edge of the platform as a train pulls in at the station in Tooronga, a suburb of Melbourne.

It pushed the pram a short distance down the tracks before coming to a halt in front of horrified witnesses.

"It's absolutely amazing that this child isn't more injured than he is, given the circumstances of the accident," paramedic Kate Jessop told reporters.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/26/baby-survives-train-pram-melbourne

[slackmaster]

1. Terrible headline - The collision was not the fault of the train or its operators

It should read "Baby slightly injured after inattentive mom allows pram to roll in front of slow-moving train"

Or something like that.

[tabatha]

2. Grandmother.

[TommyO]

3. It's an entirely accurate headline

BTW, it was the child's grandmother.

The baby and his three-year-old brother were being looked after by their grandmother at the time.

"I've spoken to the child's grandma now," Jessop said. "All she recalls is seeing the pram on the platform and then next time she turned around and she saw it on the tracks. She has had an incredible fright."



Do you bother reading the articles that you're responding to?

[slackmaster]

5. I just read the text. My previous comment was based on watching the video.

The person who was supposed to be taking care of the child was inattentive.

[proudohioan]

4. I thought this sounded familiar...

and the article mentions that an almost identical incident happened last October at this particular station.

The article mentions that these platforms were originally constructed with a downward slope for drainage purposes; wouldn't installing a simple guard rail be simpler than reconstructing the platforms to eliminate this kind of problem?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Again?

Wasn't there another incident just like this one about three months ago? It seems this is a second occurrence.

Edited: never mind. I see the post just above mine says what I was thinking.

Mods, delete this if you want.