Heart-stopping video shows why you need to watch children on train platforms

A heart-stopping video of a young child falling into a gap between a train and the platform has been released to warn parents of travel safety.



Surveillance footage at Sydenham station in New South Wales, Australia, shows a boy walking towards a train with his mother, who can be seen pushing a pram, before he falls into the platform gap.



Shocked commuters tried to pull the boy up to safety while others ran to the front of the train to warn the driver not to move the train.



The boy was saved and did not sustain any injuries, reported 9News Australia.