A GO Train Reportedly Hit A Pedestrian In Oakville & He Narrowly Escaped Death
Police said he had earbuds in at the time and couldn't hear the train approaching,
A pedestrian who was reportedly hit by a GO train is now expected to make a full recovery.
On October 27, a 22-year-old man crossed the railway tracks right in front of a speeding train in Oakville, Halton Regional Police told CityNews.
As he was crossing the tracks, the train had apparently hit his backpack which sent him flying several metres up into the air. The backpack was torn off and the pedestrian was found further down the tracks.
Police told CityNews that he was wearing earphones at the time and couldn't hear the train approaching or the warning bells it was sounding off. The train was reportedly going at about 100 km/hr.
The pedestrian was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.
"Our crewers were traumatized but so relieved," Anne Marie Aitkins, the head of media and public relations at Metrolinx, tweeted on October 28. "They thought he had died for sure. Please be careful at crossings. You may not be so lucky."
Train service on the Lakeshore West line resumed its full-service Thursday morning.
Narcity reached out to Halton Police but did not hear back before this article was published.
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