‘You just don’t mess or play with a 400-tonne train’, Sydney Trains says as 17-year-old suffers multiple injuries to head, chest and pelvis
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A 17-year-old boy is in a critical condition after falling from the outside of a train on the Sydney Harbour Bridge while he was likely train surfing, NSW police say.
Around 11.30am on Thursday, emergency services were called to the railway corridor between Wynyard and Milsons Point train stations following reports someone had fallen from a northbound Tangara train onto the tracks on the bridge.
A multi-agency operation took place, with a Careflight helicopter landing at Bradfield Park a short time later with a medical team, including NSW ambulance paramedics who administered assistance on the bridge before carrying the teenager 400 metres to safety.
The boy was transported by road to Royal North Shore hospital where he was being treated for multiple injuries including to his head, chest and pelvis. He was in a critical condition on Thursday afternoon, the hospital confirmed.
Luke Barrett, a police transport command inspector, said the boy was hanging off the outside of the train when the incident occurred and it was “likely” he was train surfing at the time.
