Heart-stopping footage shows the moment a pedestrian was just two seconds away from being hit by a speeding train after recklessly walking across the tracks. Two women were caught on shocking CCTV wandering over the level crossing moments before an oncoming train thundered past.
They had climbed around fencing to avoid the locked gates - before one of them was forced to jump back to avoid the passing locomotive by inches. The terrifying near-miss was captured in Elsenham , Essex, at the same crossing where two teenagers were killed by a train in December 2005.
Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, lost their lives after being struck by a 70mph express train after going Christmas shopping. Tina Hughes, Olivia's mum, said she was "shocked" when she saw the video which has now been released by Network Rail.
