Network Rail have released footage of the moment a pedestrian narrowly missed being hit by a high-speed train on the West Coast main line.
In the terrifying video, a man can be seen crossing the tracks as an Avanti service from London to Glasgow speeds past, missing him by a few feet.
The near miss happened at a footpath level crossing near Runcorn, Cheshire, where trains can reach speeds of 125mph.
According to Network Rail, the entrance to the footpath crossing displays a red warning light when it is unsafe to cross, which the man ignored.
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That looks like Norton level crossing on Red Brow Lane.
Cannot help silly get him one day
the journalists at the independent need to give members of the public more credit, they knew what they were doing that's why they weren't hit by the train.
the journalists at the independent need to get better jobs than creating this content.
Read my warning to save life. Assumption uni installed voice recorder, stole, and uploaded on social media for years for fun. Violation of privacy led to many times deadly incidents.
I can't imagine the shock the engineer had to see someone come that close to being hit. I hope they didn't have a heart attack. That was cutting it way too close for comfort. It wasn't safe. What if he had tripped and fallen? He would never have been able to get out of the way. It's not worth the risk.
Better luck next time.
Looking down at his phone, didn’t even notice the train whizzing by him.
What an idiot!
Unfortunately this can and does happen in the U.S. as well. Virtual Railfans has many videos on their railroad youtube channel of peds and vehicles trying to beat the train. Even animals like white-tailed deer, but they tend to sneak across in the early hours of the day where there's less train traffic
Typical wally strolling on the track.
Ayo bro first of all , why on earth there's a Level Crossing at a High Speed Rail Line??💀💀
I go trainspotting at that location alot and ive seen alot of people crossing when the light was on red and the alarm was blaring. These people do not realise that Level Crossing are not here to waste your time, they are there to keep you safe.
Damn
Average day in western country hahaha