Overview
- The St Aloysius College student, injured at North Melbourne Station on Monday around 4pm, is being treated at the Royal Children's Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
- The school says the student’s bag snagged on the arriving train and pulled him from the edge of platform 6 onto the tracks.
- Fire Rescue Victoria lifted the carriage with hydraulic jacks during a lengthy extrication that lasted up to an hour, and paramedics then transported the boy under emergency conditions.
- Classmates triggered the platform emergency button and called Triple Zero, and counselling has been offered to students, staff, and first responders who witnessed the traumatic scene.
- Metro Trains has opened an investigation, and the rail union says bag or strap snags on crowded platforms pose real risks and weigh heavily on drivers and station staff.