A baby had a miracle escape after its blue pram rolled forward on a railway platform and clipped the edge of a moving train on Saturday, June 8.
DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED
A number of passengers are stood waiting to board when the incident happened.
CCTV footage captured the distressing scenes as a buggy with a three-month-old child inside rolled towards the tracks and hit the Cross Country train.
The collision toppled the buggy over, with someone swiftly plucking the young child out and to safety.
THE CHILD IS SAFE
Paramedics at the Banbury train station attended and fortunately the infant was given the all clear.
Onlookers said the baby’s mother and grandmother were both distraught, after they had desperately attempted to stop the collision, having seen the pram roll over the station’s yellow line as the train arrived at the platform.
Cross Country trains confirmed that the driver of the train had carried out no operational wrongdoing on his part during the incident.
