Toddler Saved from Train Tracks After Falling Seconds Before it Thundered Past

This is the heart-stopping moment a toddler was saved by a hero commuter after falling onto a railway line seconds before a high-speed train thundered past.

CCTV footage captured the dramatic near-miss at Newark Northgate railway station in Nottinghamshire last month.

The 36-second clip shows the three-year-old boy walking behind two adults before running to the edge of the platform.

He appears to lower himself over the edge before tumbling backwards onto the track.

A man who was with the child is seen sprinting across the platform while a hero bystander leaps onto the line and lifts the boy to safety.

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Just 22 seconds later a train speeds through the station without stopping.

“I think the fact a train came through the station at speed just seconds after emphasized just how awful the outcome could have been,” said station customer services assistant Olivia Timms, who saw the incident. “Thankfully, everyone made it home safely that day and we want to make sure that happens every day.”

The footage of three such incidents was released by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) as part of Rail Safety Week.

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In a second incident, passengers are seen leaving a train when a child falls through the gap between the train and the platform next to a station guard. A crowd gathers as the guard desperately pulls the young passenger to safety.

Already this year, eight safety incidents involving children have been recorded at LNER stations.

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