Rush-hour commuters spoke of their horror after a man collapsed and fell on to the tracks at Dundee train station.
Shocked passengers jumped from the platform to help him during the incident early on Monday morning. The man fell from platform four and fellow passengers tended to him until an ambulance arrived.
An eyewitness told The Courier: “Apparently he had a fit of some kind. He fell off platform four and two guys jumped down to help him back up.
“There were women who were giving medical instructions before the ambulance arrived.
“He was awake when the paramedics arrived. He had a cut and bump on his head but seemed to be okay. It was just as well there weren’t any trains due.”
ScotRail staff at the station also stayed with the man while waiting for the paramedics. An ambulance crew spent almost an hour and a half checking him over but did not take him to hospital for any further treatment.
The ambulance left the scene at 10.30am and the man left without travelling on a train. A spokesman for ScotRail confirmed that a passenger fell on to the line on platform four at Dundee station at about 8.50am.
He said: “The passenger was assisted back on to the platform by fellow passengers. The train operator requested an ambulance to attend and British Transport Police were informed.
“A temporary blockage was imposed to prevent trains passing through that platform for a short time, but no services were disrupted as a result of the incident,” he said.
A British Transport Police spokesman confirmed it had received a report about the incident shortly after 9am.
He added: “The man appears to have taken a fit and fallen on to the line. He was helped up by other members of the public and was treated at the scene by paramedics. He refused hospital and went home without travelling.”
A Network Rail spokesman said as there were no trains approaching the platform at the time of the incident, there was no impact on services.
If a train had been approaching, Network Rail would have prevented it from entering the station.In Wednesday’s Courier we speak to the man who fell on to the tracks. Pick up a paper or try our digital edition.