Posted on 10/16/2009 9:34:01 AM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
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!
To prevent this sort of thing, I always tie a bunch of helium balloons to the stroller. That way, it can’t fall anywhere.
Saw the video this morning, that had to be more than just luck the kid was unhurt from that.
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Thank God this baby is alright.
Proof to me there is a GOD! Working in many wondrous ways.
Weren’t you on Wife Swap?
<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?
Don't all strollers have a mechanism to LOCK the wheels?
Ours did!
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.
God was watching over that baby!
"Breaks" in a stroller can be induced in many ways, including being hit by a train.
"Brakes" will prevent a stroller from rolling away..... ;-)
Longer video here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8310051.stm
Longer video with video of mother and the baby stroller after the incident: http://dlisted.com/node/34387
Give me a break, it has been a long week.
Thankfully our children didn’t inherit his spelling abilities :P
Ah, I was just teasing you....
Hey, no need to get snarky. I just said I wondered why the surface wasn’t flat. I can wonder, can’t I? You gave an acceptable explanation.
That said, I stand by my observation that most people will assume the surface is flat and not slightly slopped. Ergo, they may not see a reason to put the brake on.
Note again that I said nothing about the mother needing to sue.
I think I would be inclined to position the stroller with its wheels parallel to the tracks, in case it happened to get bumped it wouldn’t move toward the tracks.
I use the same thinking when I am stopped in a left turn lane, especially on a divided highway. I keep my wheels straight instead of turned toward the direction of my turn lane. That way if I’m rear-ended, I don’t get bumped into the oncoming traffic. I’d rather be bumped into the median than into the opposing lanes.
I think I would be inclined to position the stroller with its wheels parallel to the tracks, in case it happened to get bumped it wouldn’t move toward the tracks.
I use the same thinking when I am stopped in a left turn lane, especially on a divided highway. I keep my wheels straight instead of turned toward the direction of my turn lane. That way if I’m rear-ended, I don’t get bumped into the oncoming traffic. I’d rather be bumped into the median than into the opposing lanes.
Tonight the news said the wind blew it. If you watch the video, it blows it a little and mom moves it back, it sits for a few seconds and then suddenly takes off again. The mom’s coat is flying out as if in a strong wind when she’s leaning over the baby.
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