Nuneaton News
THE mum whose buggy was ripped apart when it rolled across a railway platform and into the path of an oncoming train has spoken out.
Footage was released of the empty pram, which was smashed to pieces after it drifted off the platform at Nuneaton station.
The video was released by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) as a warning to parents.
Now, the mum whose pram it was has spoken to the Telegraph to give a fuller version of events.
Tiffany Jordan told how her daughter Amelia was being held by her auntie when the pushchair rolled free while another family member used a toilet on the station concourse.
Tiffany, 21, from Nuneaton, said: “It was my daughter’s aunties who were with her.
“They had the day in Coventry and came back on the train, but I wasn’t with them. One of Amelia’s aunties went to the toilet, and the other was holding her with the pram against the wall.
“The brakes weren’t on and it started to roll away. I know she could have caught the pram but she was holding Amelia.
“I’ve had so many messages to say I’m a bad mum, but it wasn’t even me. People don’t know the full story.”
Tiffany said the aunts had learned their lesson after the horrifying incident, which left the contents of the pram strewn over the platform.
The footage was broadcast this morning on Good Morning Britain as a warning to never leave a pushchair unattended.
Tiffany told the Telegraph that Amelia’s aunties were left shaken.
She added: “They were both shook up and crying their eyes out.
“It isn’t something that you can expect to happen.
“To get that phone call to say that the pram had been hit by a train, my first thought was ‘where was my daughter?.’ Everything was going through my mind.
“I haven’t let her go back out with them on their own and need to rebuild the trust. We’ve been through it once but now we have to go through it again.”
The incident happened in July, but has been released today by the RSSB.
Paul Leach, the RSSB’s lead human factors specialist, said: “The best way of keeping you, your children and your belongings safe is to keep hold of your pram, fully applying the brake where possible.
“We know that anyone looking after children will have their hands full and may feel they can’t keep an eye on everything and everyone at once.
“But the CCTV at Nuneaton shows just how important it is to keep control of a pushchair.
“For its part, the rail industry will always want to work to make things safer for passengers. We are working closely with Network Rail, passenger and freight train operators and other rail bodies on the issues.
“Our research on aerodynamic risks have informed better standards for companies to follow, to help reduce risk to passengers on trains and on stations.”