Confronting footage shows woman distracted by mobile phone before she is hit by tram
WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A woman has lost her leg after stepping out in front of a tram while texting on her mobile phone.
The shocking footage captured on a security camera in the Ukraine shows two pedestrians stopping at the tracks to wait for the tram to pass.
But the woman staring at her phone walks straight in the path of the tram and goes flying as the driver desperately tries to stop.
The 40-year-old pedestrian incredibly survived the ordeal, but lost her leg as a result, according to local media.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital to undergo emergency surgery.
WATCH: Pedestrian 'fixated' with phone walks in front of moving car
WATCH: Pedestrian 'fixated' with phone walks in front of moving car
Earlier this year, the Pedestrian Council of Australia released an television advertisement called "Don't Tune Out" to point out the dangers of being distracted by a phone while walking.
The ad shows a young woman walking down the footpath of a suburban street engrossed in her phone and wearing headphones moments before she is struck by a car.
The commercial was a result of an increase in road fatalities, with pedestrian deaths jumping from 162 in 2015 to 185 in 2016.
"The pedestrian death toll right around Australia is going up," Chairman and CEO of the Pedestrian Council of Australia Harold Scruby said.
"There are a lot of factors, but definitely distracted pedestrians are a major one.
"There's a study out of Seattle that shows up to 1 in 3 people are now using these devices when crossing the road."
