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| Toddler hit by train at rail halt | |
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| A two-year-old boy has sustained head injuries after being hit by a train near Bangor, County Down. | |
| It happened as the train was leaving Seahill halt at Ballyrobert, just before 1100 BST on Wednesday. | It happened as the train was leaving Seahill halt at Ballyrobert, just before 1100 BST on Wednesday. |
| Ciaran Rogan from Translink said the driver had tried to stop the train before it hit the child. He comforted the boy until paramedics arrived. | Ciaran Rogan from Translink said the driver had tried to stop the train before it hit the child. He comforted the boy until paramedics arrived. |
| The child is the son of a worker who lives at a Camphill care facility, which backs onto the tracks. | |
| The child has been taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children in Belfast, where he is being assessed. | The child has been taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children in Belfast, where he is being assessed. |
| Translink will investigate how the child got onto the track. | Translink will investigate how the child got onto the track. |
| "Above all, our thoughts are with the boy and his family," Mr Rogan said. | "Above all, our thoughts are with the boy and his family," Mr Rogan said. |
| He said the investigation is expected to focus on the gates and fencing along the railway cutting where the accident happened. The PSNI are also investigating. | He said the investigation is expected to focus on the gates and fencing along the railway cutting where the accident happened. The PSNI are also investigating. |
| There is a gated path used by rail staff which leads down the embankment at the rear of the health-care facility where the boy's mother works. | |
| The train, the 1030 BST Bangor to Portadown service, was between 200 and 400m from the station and travelling at about 10mph when the accident happened. | The train, the 1030 BST Bangor to Portadown service, was between 200 and 400m from the station and travelling at about 10mph when the accident happened. |
| The Bangor rail line was closed for a time, but has now reopened. | The Bangor rail line was closed for a time, but has now reopened. |