Baby Survives After Stroller Falls Off Australia Train Platform

Fox News ^ | October 16, 2009 | SkyNews

[AngieGal]

A six-month-old boy has miraculously survived a train slamming into his stroller 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.

A security video shows the boy's mother taking her hands off the stroller's handles and failing to notice as it slowly edged toward the tracks.

[AngieGal]

"Australia's Herald Sun said the train ploughed into the stroller, dragging the child along beneath the train's front car.

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

God was certainly looking out for this little one!

[ClearCase_guy]

To prevent this sort of thing, I always tie a bunch of helium balloons to the stroller. That way, it can’t fall anywhere.

[Abathar]

Saw the video this morning, that had to be more than just luck the kid was unhurt from that.

[isthisnickcool]

HA!

[isthisnickcool]

HA!

[isthisnickcool]

HA!

[Infidel Heather]

Thank God this baby is alright.

[GOYAKLA]

Proof to me there is a GOD! Working in many wondrous ways.

[reagan_fanatic]

Weren’t you on Wife Swap?

[Truth29]

Thank God the baby was blessed. In the US, however, a lawsuit would probably be filed because the design of the platform sloped toward the tracks and allowed the stroller to roll onto the tracks. Attorneys of the world unite...

[radiohead]

<the design of the platform sloped toward the tracks

OK, I’ll admit this is one of the first things I thought of when I saw the film. Why should the stroller roll like that on what most people assume is a flat surface?

And yes, I’ll admit I’m a lapsed lawyer. I wasn’t thinking of a lawsuit, I was just thinking of the design. Might the same thing could happen to someone in a wheelchair?

[nmh]

That was a MIRACLE!

Don't all strollers have a mechanism to LOCK the wheels?

Ours did!

[Angry_White_Man_Syndrome]

It is sloped so water will drain away from the buildings. Most all loading docks are designed this way to prevent the depot buildings from being flooded. There are these things called breaks in both strollers and wheelchairs.

[rawhide]

Link to video: http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=10716622&referralPlaylistId=playlist

God was watching over that baby!

[rawhide]

Direct link: http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=10716622&referralPlaylistId=playlist

[r9etb]

There are these things called breaks in both strollers and wheelchairs.

"Breaks" in a stroller can be induced in many ways, including being hit by a train.

"Brakes" will prevent a stroller from rolling away..... ;-)

[rawhide]

Longer video here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8310051.stm

[rawhide]

Longer video with video of mother and the baby stroller after the incident: http://dlisted.com/node/34387

[SlowBoat407]

[Angry_White_Man_Syndrome]

Give me a break, it has been a long week.