WATCH: Melbourne PSOs save ‘drunk’ woman trapped on tracks metres from train
A heroic team of Melbourne Protective Services Officers has helped an allegedly drunken woman narrowly avoid being killed by a train.
The life-and-death situation was captured on camera, showing the officers coming to the aid of a woman who had put her own life at risk.
It's believed the woman was drunk when she tried to cross the tracks at an inner suburban station late at night.
A friend tried to help her before three PSOs managed to drag her out of the way of a moving train.
The driver had hit the brakes, but couldn't stop the train in time.
The PSOs had been dealing with another situation when they noticed the woman was in serious danger.
“That woman was potentially going to get very seriously injured, if not killed,” Inspector Martin Hardy told 7 News.
“You've got 300 tonnes of train coming through, so it’s a lot of weight she probably would have certainly been killed.”
Thankfully the woman escaped without injury.
The PSOs have been recognised for their exceptional response with commendations by the police force.
