A mother waiting at the Ashburten station sets her baby in her stroller while waiting for the train to approach. As she waits, the stroller rolls towards the track and falls into the ditch as the train speeds right over her.
Luckily the baby was unhurt, although the stroller was completely crushed.
Friday, October 16, 2009
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OH my god. that is one lucky baby and one hugeee miracle. I think trains should have a railing or some kind of barrier between the train and the area where people wait, not just a solid line painted on the ground.
Oh My god i heard about this last night on late night with jimmy fallon. He was saying this baby has the best excuse for life. Like if he gets a D in math or cought drinking he could say : "YOU DROPED ME UNDER A TRAIN!!!" well im glad the babys ok and that is the best excuse EVER!!!
That is so scary! The poor mother who had to sit there and watch it, and then think the baby is dead. I don't see how the baby survived. I'm glad that the mother didn't have to go through anything with the child protective services because in the video it's clear it was an honest mistake, and besides I think watching your baby get run over by a train is enough to haunt you for life!
-Justine Roscoe
Talk about being lucky! No one would ever expect their stroller to run into the railroad tracks. The mother definitely did nothing wrong. I agree with Talia that they should consider putting up some sort of curb or fencing even though this is not a typical accident.
The baby is lucky that he/she didn't actually land on the tracks, just between them.
This begs the question: why don't we have fencing? And who's idea was that?
That was AWESOME.(the surviving part) If I made that stroller I would put that on my box, Train Proof.
I agree with Talia. We need something to protect the train and from where people wait. It is very easy for children to fall into the ditch because children are extremely clumsy. The baby is very lucky to have survived this.
The mom is HELLA lucky the kid survived. What was she doing that she wasn't watching the stroller, and didn't remember to put the brakes on?
I agree with Talia. They should have something more than just a bright yellow line.
I agree with Talia and everyone that agrees with Talia. That baby is REALLY lucky. But that's also really scary, I can't imagine how the mother must have felt watching the train. But about the barriers between the train tracks and the waiting area, I really think something more should be placed there because of people and situations where the painted line really does no good.. such as this situation.
As everyone has said lucky mom and baby... as for the barrier idea its a good one but I think that it would be rather inefficient Ex. spacing for doors, how much it would cost to baby proof every train station in America basic things like that
I agree with Talia and everyone else. There should be barriers put up in substitute of the yellow lines. It is safer than just having a yellow warning line. Especially for young children. They might not know what the line meant and they can easily fall in. It was the mother's fault too. She should have checked the breaks. The baby was VERY lucky to have survived that fall. Everone should be more careful at train stations after the incident.
i don understand how the baby didnt get hurt!! i agree that some kind of barrier or railing would is needed to prevent something like this from happening again
I don't think cost should be the issue of why they DON'T put in safety measures or at least of the train stop outside of the station before slowly continuing in.
Babies should not be left unattended for even a second in a wheel chair in front of train tracks. I hope that the mom learned that she should keep a closer eye on her baby before something like that happens to her kid again.
-Sebastian Escobar
This baby is SOO LUCKY for not getting hurt or even being killed from this accident! Omg i agree with Talia that we do in fact need to have some kind of barrier. I've noticed that for trains and barts, they do have a thick yellow paint painted on the ground as a barrier line, however, many people disregard those warning lines anyways.
On the topic of accidents involving young children,
http://www.justnews.com/news/21338246/detail.html
I'm pretty sure that is one of the most scary things I have ever seen... I agree that the mother did not do anything wrong. She tried to put the stroller away from the edge... This just shows how quickly something like that can happen.
Ya. That baby is deffinately super lucky. why not just put through another prok barrel project and install a railing or at least a raised ledge so wheels wont be as easy to roll off.
Oh my god that baby is suuper lucky! How could someone do such a cruel thing! Amanda is right though at least the baby has a excuse when he or she does something bad. How could a mother be so idiotic though i cant understand it!
I agree with everyone...the baby is lucky, the mom did make a mistake but I'm sure it was also really scary, and we should put up a barrier. The biggest deal for me though was what Anders touched on-the stroller saved the kids life! A piece of plastic and fabric just saved a life. People are lucky and make mistakes every day, but we often forget the modern technology, even when applied to something as simple as a stroller, helps people every day.
This is so scary. =( I think that are public transportation should be changed. In some Asian countries they have a glass door that shields the people from the metro. The doors only open when the metro comes to a stop allowing people to then board or get off.
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"I agree that the mother did not do anything wrong. She tried to put the stroller away from the edge..."
Wait a minute, don't strollers usually have brakes installed?
If there is a brake there, then she should have used it to prevent the stroller from drifting off in the first place.
WOW! That baby is pretty much amazing. I agree with Kevin; breaks are pretty much a standard feature in a stroller so there is no excuse for that mother forgetting to implement them during her wait for the train. However, this was definitely a full on miracle. The baby fell just right to be safe. An inch farther or backward would have crushed that baby to bits. For as much tragedy in the World, it's nice to be able to appreciate a miracle such as this.
Thats some crazy stuff right there.
I think taht the baby is super lucky.
This is definitely enough proof for changes. THere should be changes in the safety things for train stations so events like this never happened. THe baby probably was scared to death and the mother probably put the blame all on herself.
There really is no excuse for the mother not applying the breaks (after all, it was notably windy). I must admit I cringed the moment I saw that stroller fall down, especially with the timing of the arrival of the train. I can even begin to imagine what the mother felt at that exact moment, but it must have been terrifying.
WOW THAT BABY WAS REALLY LUCKY! (thank you for everyone who posted that... 20 times.. we get the point)
Anyway, installing barriers, in concept, is a good idea. However, I would like you to think about the practicality of it. A train is NOT a roller coaster or whatever other form of transportation that uses barriers. The only reason barriers are feasible in those other situations is because the operator can get the vehicle to stop AT THE EXACT SAME PLACE EVERY TIME! What happens to the train if it stops past the barriers and no one can get through?
I recognize that I might be talking about a different barrier, so what if the barrier was essentially blocking the station, further back where the doors didn't have to line up? How feasible is that..? Not very, by setting that up, you clog up traffic during rush hour by a ton and make getting to the train a very slow an inefficient process. Should we make such huge changes over one incident of a careless mother? No, but we should realize that we need to be careful..
Talk about luck. I agree with anyone and everyone who says that there should be some sort of safety barrier added to train tracks. I for one almost got hit by a train when I was waiting for bart just a few weeks ago; the solid yellow line isn't very easy to see when there are about a million people waiting in line.
isnt the yellow barrier there for blind people?? cuz of the bumps it has just like at cross walks
but other than that i agree with the fencing idea but i dun think trains stop exactly at the same position every time at the station so that would be a problem that would arise
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