Twins in a pram rolled onto the track at Carlton.
Terrible.
And that, ladies, gentlemen, and others, it why some nations have foucused on installing platform screen doors in their stations.
As tragic as this is, accidents are always going to happen… and to suggest spending billions to try prevent an accident when the money could be spent elsewhere seems knee-jerk.
Accidents are always going to happen, but people falling onto the tracks is a very routine, predictable, and common occurrence with a well proven and widely implemented solution.
There are always going to be other things to spend money on, but the budget exists to serve the populace, which is why governments figure out what needs to be done, and then figure out how to make that happen.
Maybe I’m insensitive but prams have been rolling into dangerous situations for ever. The wheel lock is there for a reason.
I’ve never seen a pram without a wheel lock either.
Some talk of the pram being caught by a gust of wind.
No joke, with how windy it’s been the last couple of days, I could imagine a double size pram taking off and clearing trees.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Emergency services were called to Carlton Railway Station at about 12.25pm after reports the pram, carrying two twin girls, had rolled from the platform onto the path of an oncoming train.
The train was travelling city-bound from Cronulla to Bondi Junction in what has been described as an “incredibly rare” but “absolutely tragic” incident.
“The train did stop a short distance from the end of the platform so it appeared it was slowing as it headed through the station,” Superintendent Dunstan said.
Premier Minns expressed his condolences to the immediate family and local community, saying the father died from “an extraordinary, instinctive act of bravery”.
Trains are not running between Wolli Creek and Hurstville on the T4 Illawarra line and Carlton Railway Station remains closed.
Chief Executive of Sydney Trains Matthew Longland said he was working with police to get the rail network up and running again, and expected full services on Monday.
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The gust of wind theory seems a little far fetched. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more to this story.