A father and his two-year-old daughter have died after being hit by a train in Sydney's south. He went onto the tracks to rescue his twin daughters after their pram rolled off the platform. One child was rescued unharmed, but the man and the other child were killed. Police called the father's actions 'heroic'.
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00:00A family torn apart just moments after arriving at their local train station.
00:09As they've got out of the lift, they've taken their hands off the tram for a very, very
00:15short period of time and whether it's a gust of wind, we're not quite sure, but it appears
00:21that the tram has instantly started to roll in the direction of the train lines.
00:25An oncoming train passing through Carlton station heading east.
00:30The father of the twin girls in the tram jumped down to try to save them.
00:35He's just gone into parent mode and tried to save his two young daughters that they've
00:40fallen onto the tracks and in doing so it's costing his life, but it was an incredibly
00:44brave and heroic act by the dad.
00:46The father died from an extraordinary instinctive act of bravery.
00:51He gave his own life to try and save his children.
00:54Emergency services were able to rescue the second twin, who was unharmed.
00:59I think through good luck more than anything, she was sort of in between the tracks the
01:02way that she'd fallen and she was largely untouched.
01:05But the father and one of his daughters died at the scene.
01:09Officials say the National Rail Safety Regulator has been notified of the events.
01:15Authorities say that while the train would have been travelling through the station at
01:18a cautious speed, the investigation will examine security footage of the incident and
01:24look at any safety changes that are needed to prevent a similar tragedy from happening
01:29again.
01:30These sorts of incidents are incredibly rare, but clearly the outcomes are absolutely tragic.
01:36The mother and surviving toddler were taken to hospital.
01:40Mum's obviously very traumatised.
01:42She's clearly in a state of shock and is struggling with what's happened today.
01:47A tragedy leaving a family without a father and a little girl.