Pedestrian glued to his phone walks in front of speeding train in Argentina
This is the heartstopping moment that a passenger is so obsessed with his mobile phone he walks into the path of a moving train.
CCTV footage recorded at a station in Buenos Aires, Argentina, shows how the man walks onto the street-level platform staring intently down at his smartphone on October 15.
But while other passengers stop behind safety barriers, he walks on, straight into the path of a commuter train pulling into the station.
As he sees the train at the last minute and tries to leap backwards out of the way - but the train driver can't stop in time and the locomotive hits the passenger, who has not been named, on the left shoulder. Miraculously the blow sends him sprawling backwards out of the path of the train which would otherwise have crushed him on the tracks.
Incredibly, he did not let go of his phone even when he was hit by the train. As he struggles back to his feet two station workers rush towards him to check if he's been hurt as the clip ends.
Incredibly, he did not even let go of his phone when he was hit by the train. Transport officials say services were disrupted for nearly an hour while safety officials investigated the collision.
Story: NewsX