

'World's luckiest man' relives near-death experience

A 19-year-old Sydney man who was run over by a train after falling onto the tracks has described the security vision of his accident as "mind blowing".
Tim Whittaker "rolled" off the train platform at Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains in August after suffering an epileptic seizure.
The teenager was run over by three carriages as he lay unconscious between the tracks and platform.
His accident was captured on the station's CCTV cameras and the vision has only just been released, A Current Affair reports.
"I have no words for what I am seeing," Mr Whittaker said as he watched the vision for the first time.
"It's really mind blowing."
The cameras captured Mr Whittaker sitting on a seat playing with his phone before he falls to the ground convulsing.


As his seizure escalates, his body inches towards the edge of the platform and within seconds he tumbles onto the tracks.
The train driver wasn't able to brake fast enough.
Despite the close call, the teenager only suffered a cut to his face, a separated cheek bone and a large gash to his left leg.
"I am lucky to be alive. Just from the seizure alone my heart would have been very likely to stop after a certain amount of time," he said.
"I'm amazed I didn't get a head injury from falling down there.
"I feel like the luckiest man in the world."
Author: Emily Crane, Approving editor: Nick Pearson

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