Amazing pictures of man's narrow escape after tumbling onto train tracks
FIRST ON 7: Exclusive video has been obtained of a man's amazing escape when he fell off a railway platform in front of a freight train.
He survived by the skin of his teeth, sparking calls for better education on the dangers of skylarking around railway property.
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At 1am, at Bulli train station a man looks a little under the weather, but his night gets worse.
He sits on the edge of the platform, then tumbles onto the tracks, apparently knocked unconscious.
He eventually wakes and struggles to climb back, but as a freight train is coming towards him.
It is life or death, and with a final heave he rolls onto the platform with centimetres to spare.
From one angle you it is clear how narrow his escape was. He lay helpless as the train driver walked back to investigate.
Police are called, but take the man home without charging him.
Officers believe he "learned his lesson" from the near-death experience.
Earlier this month 7News revealed a close shave at Springwood where a woman jumped onto a passing freight train.
She fell between the carriages, managing to not only stay within the tracks but low enough for the passing carriages to continue over her.
She survived, checking out from hospital the next day with a few stitches.
The Victorian government produced a video to educate people about the dangers of playing on the tracks, called 'Dumb Ways to Die'.
It had more than 70 million hits on YouTube, but is more than just an online sensation.
"It's already showing results [with a] a 20 per cent cut in rail incidents," Shadow Transport Minister Penny Sharpe said.
"NSW should be looking at something like that. It needs to be smart and it needs to be clever and they need to be prepared to put money into it."
Jonathan Beninca lost an arm and a leg after playing on the train tracks.
He then turned his focus to telling kids about his experience in the hope of teaching them a potentially life-saving lesson.
He says other states are doing a better job of promoting rail safety.
"More education is needed in schools, youth groups and not only that public awareness campaigns. not just young people it's adults," train survivor Jonathan Beninca said.
The state government will not say how much it spends on rail education or accident prevention.
It says safety is a matter of personal responsibility, and at the end of the day common sense dictates it is best to stay off the tracks.
