A man was lucky to survive after falling off a railroad ledge and being pulled to safety by Seattle police seconds before a speeding train roared past.
On October 7, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Seattle Police Department officers responded to a report of a man sitting on a ledge above the railroad tracks near 2nd Avenue and East Jackson Street. announced.
Police said the man had mental health issues.
When officers arrived, they spoke to the 57-year-old man and attempted to remove him from the shelf and return him to a safe location.
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A Seattle man fell off a ledge above the railroad tracks and was nearly run over by a high-speed locomotive. (Seattle Police Department)
As the officer spoke to the man, police were dispatched and requested that all inbound trains be stopped, but one train had already arrived.
At one point, the man slipped from the ledge and fell approximately 8 meters to the rocky surface below, sustaining severe injuries that left him unable to move.
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Seattle police took the man away just before the train passed. (Seattle Police Department)
As the high-speed train approached, police officers on the platform below rushed across the tracks to rescue the man.
In fact, one police officer risked his life and was able to drag the man to safety in less than a second.
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Police said the man suffered multiple fractures. He was treated at the scene by the Seattle Fire Department and then transported to Harborview Medical Center, where he was found in critical condition.
