An Iarnrod Eireann worker narrowly escaped death after jumping clear of a railway track just four seconds before the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise Service passed where he had been standing at over 140 km/h.
A new report by the Railway Accident Investigation Unit recorded details of the “near miss” which occurred near Gormanston train station in Co Meath on July 21 last year.
The report said under slightly different circumstances, there could have been a fatality or serious injury.
