Irish rail worker jumped from track seconds before train passed at 140km/h

A new report by the Railway Accident Investigation Unit recorded details of the “near miss” which occurred near Gormanston train station in Co Meath on July 21 last year.

An Iarnród Éireann worker narrowly escaped death after jumping clear of a railway track just four seconds before the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise Service passed where he had been standing at over 140 km/h.

A new report by the Railway Accident Investigation Unit recorded details of the “near miss” which occurred near Gormanston train station in Co Meath on July 21 last year.