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Man falls off train station platform at Boronia
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An elderly man has cheated death after he fell off a station platform and into the path of an oncoming train in Melbourne's outer east.
Police believe the 88-year-old Ferntree Gully man may have fainted before he tumbled off Boronia station platform directly onto the railway tracks as a train approached.
Police said the train driver saw the man lying on the tracks and slammed on the emergency brakes, coming to a stop only a matter of inches from the unconscious man's head.
Senior Sergeant Wayne Fielding told 7News: "The driver of the train has done an extremely good job in avoiding any serious injuries to this gentleman.
"Half a second later and the coroner may have been involved."
Paramedics were called to treat the man at the scene.
He was taken to the Alfred Hospital in a stable condition.
Train services on the Belgrave line suffered minor disruptions.
