A baby miraculously escaped after his pram rolled forward on a platform and hit the edge of a moving train.
CCTV footage captured the disturbing scenes at Banbury train station on Saturday, June 8, when a buggy carrying a three-month-old child rolled onto the tracks and hit the Cross Country train.
The impact sent the buggy flying off the platform before it fell over, with someone quickly pulling the young child out to safety.
Paramedics attended and thankfully the child was cleared.
Bystanders said the baby’s mother and grandmother were both distraught after desperately trying to avoid the collision after seeing the pram roll across the station’s yellow line as the train arrived at the platform.
Cross Country Trains told MailOnline that the train’s driver had committed no operational error on his part during the incident.
MailOnline has also approached Network Rail for a response.
CCTV footage captured the disturbing scenes at Banbury train station on Saturday (June 8) when a buggy carrying a three-month-old child rolled onto the tracks and hit the Cross Country train
Bystanders said the baby’s mother and grandmother were both distraught after the stroller rolled over the station’s yellow line and crashed into the side of the train.
The front of the stroller hits the third carriage of the moving train, causing it to fly on its side across the platform
The images show the train approaching platform 2, where a number of passengers are waiting to board.
At the far end of the platform you see a blue stroller slowly rolling towards the tracks while the train is still moving, causing a woman to run out and try to grab it.
The front of the stroller hits the third carriage of the moving train, causing it to fly on its side across the platform.
He avoids falling onto the tracks, much to the relief of the shocked spectators.
A CrossCountry spokesperson said: ‘Our thoughts are with the mother and baby involved in the incident in Banbury last week, and reviews with industry partners have shown that CrossCountry colleagues followed all relevant operational and safety rules.
“This distressing incident is a reminder that people must be vigilant and safe at all times when near the railway line.”
The train was operated by CrossCountry, whose employees have been on strike for the Aslef union in recent months.
The franchise has recently been given renewed contracts by the government, despite the fact that only half of its trains are running on time, according to 2023 data.
And between April and June last year, 6.8 percent of services were canceled.
The incident this weekend came just months after train bosses warned the public not to take risks near railway lines.
It followed footage emerging of a reckless dog walker dodging death and forcing a train to make an emergency stop after casually walking across a level crossing while barriers were down.
Heartbreaking footage shows man ignoring flashing red lights and crashing through barriers at Blakedown station in Worcestershire
Due to the man’s ‘reckless behavior’, the train had to make an emergency stop
Shocking video shows the man happily walking through the barriers at Blakedown station in Worcestershire, ignoring the flashing red lights.
He drags his dog across the level crossing as he appears to gesture angrily at motorists on either side of the barriers who are desperately trying to warn him.
After marching across the railway lines and pushing through the second lowered barrier, a train screeches to a halt just a few meters away.
Jamie Ainsworth, director of health, safety, security and environment at West Midlands Railway, said: ‘I hope this video will remind the public to concentrate, wait behind barriers and follow the instructions at level crossings to stay safe at all times to stay.
‘These types of incidents can also have major consequences for drivers and I would urge the public to take this into account when using level crossings.’
In another incident in March, an impatient van driver crashed straight through a level crossing and dragged the heavy barriers across the track.
Fortunately, the red and white barrier was removed from the railway lines before the train roared past.
There were 2,981 near misses involving people at level crossings between April and October last year – an increase of 31 per cent on 2022.
There were eleven fatal accidents on British railways in the year 2022/2023.