Shocking moment three-month-old child’s pram rolls into path of train in front of distraught mother and grandmother as it failed to stop at station platform
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This is the shocking moment a child’s pram hit the side of a train that had not stopped on a platform as shocked passengers looked on.
CCTV footage captured the disturbing scenes at Banbury train station on Saturday (June 8) when a buggy carrying a three-month-old child rolled onto the tracks and hit the Cross Country train.
The impact caused the buggy to roll off the platform, but the child was unharmed after paramedics were called to the scene and made the all clear.
Bystanders said the baby’s mother and grandmother were both distraught after desperately trying to avoid the collision after seeing the pram roll across the station’s yellow line as the train arrived at the platform.
According to a rail industry source, driver David Ward had tried to stop the train but had overrun the station.
It is believed that he passed through the station because he mistakenly thought the train had eight carriages instead of four.
MailOnline has been approached Network track and Cross County Trains for a comment.
CCTV footage captured the disturbing scenes at Banbury train station on Saturday (June 8) when a buggy carrying a three-month-old child rolled onto the tracks and hit the Cross Country train
Bystanders said the baby’s mother and grandmother were both distraught after the stroller rolled over the station’s yellow line and crashed into the side of the train.
The front of the stroller hits the third carriage of the moving train, causing it to fly on its side across the platform
According to a rail industry source, driver David Ward (pictured) had tried to stop the train but had gone too fast
The images show the train approaching Platform 2, where a number of passengers are waiting to board.
At the far end of the platform you see a blue stroller slowly rolling towards the tracks while the train is still moving, causing a woman to run out and try to grab it.
The front of the stroller hits the third carriage of the moving train, causing it to fly on its side across the platform.
He avoids falling onto the tracks, much to the relief of the shocked spectators.
