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| Mother and child survive Baker Street Tube track fall | Mother and child survive Baker Street Tube track fall |
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| A mother and child who accidentally fell on to a Tube track moments before a train arrived escaped unhurt by moving into a pit under the track. | |
| Police said the woman was pushing a buggy along a platform at Baker Street station in London on Friday night as she checked the arrivals board. | Police said the woman was pushing a buggy along a platform at Baker Street station in London on Friday night as she checked the arrivals board. |
| Distracted, she veered too close to the edge and fell down. | |
| The father jumped down to help and the three of them moved into a pit beneath the track as a train passed over them. | The father jumped down to help and the three of them moved into a pit beneath the track as a train passed over them. |
| None of them was seriously hurt, but they were taken to hospital for checks, British Transport Police (BTP) said. | |
| The incident happened on the Jubilee Line, on the southbound strip of platform nine, TfL said. | |
| BTP said an investigation was "continuing" into the exact circumstances of what happened. | |
| Peter Holland said he saw people screaming and running in tears following the incident. | |
| "We got to the platforms at Baker Street just as this happened, the train whistling, people screaming and running in tears", he said. | |
| "I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear this wasn't fatal. Thoughts out to the driver of the train. Unbelievable." | |
| A woman who was at Baker Street described how the platform was quickly evacuated. | |
| "I was on the platform for about two minutes and then an alarm went off which said 'this is an emergency. Everyone leave the station'," she said. | |
| "I left the station and within five minutes there were fire engines, police cars, St John's Ambulance, British Transport Police and undercover police cars. | |
| "I saw a man leave the station with a child, then a woman came out and she was wearing white trainers which had black skid marks on, and then someone brought a buggy out of the station, but it didn't look damaged." | |
| Commuters who also witnessed the incident at 22:15 BST took to social media to record their shock. | |
| One user said: "When pushchair with kids and mum end up on the track in front of the train you were just about to board. | One user said: "When pushchair with kids and mum end up on the track in front of the train you were just about to board. |
| "Thankfully all unharmed. The driver is also ok and he did a superb job, along with a chap from the depot that was on his way to work. What a night." | "Thankfully all unharmed. The driver is also ok and he did a superb job, along with a chap from the depot that was on his way to work. What a night." |
| Another witness expressed her concern for the family to Transport for London. | Another witness expressed her concern for the family to Transport for London. |
| Nigel Holness, Director of Network Operations at TfL said: "We are relieved that the family who were involved in the incident at Baker Street last night were able to escape unharmed and we offer them our best wishes. | |
| "We encourage all customers to be vigilant and to always stand behind the yellow line when waiting at platforms". | |
| Were you in Baker Street tube station when this happened? Did you see the incident? Email your video and images to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Were you in Baker Street tube station when this happened? Did you see the incident? Email your video and images to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
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