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Allanah Sciberras

Boy 'cheated death' after alleged train surfing fall

The boy allegedly was riding with a group known as "buffer riders" when he fell at Woollahra. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A 13-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after cheating death when he survived a fall while allegedly train surfing. 

Transport officials called the incident one of the most serious in recent years after the boy was rushed to hospital with suspected broken limbs and a fractured pelvis in Sydney's east. 

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