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Melbourne boy trapped under train had bag snagged by mirror, school says

ABC Australia · May 12, 2026, 4:01 AM

Key takeaways

  • Emergency services attend to the boy who was trapped under a train at North Melbourne Railway Station.
  • A Melbourne school tells parents that a student who was trapped under a train for up to an hour in North Melbourne yesterday fell onto the tracks when his bag became caught on the train's mirror.
  • The year 7 student from St Aloysius College remains in a serious but stable condition after what a paramedic described as a "traumatic" incident.

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Emergency services attend to the boy who was trapped under a train at North Melbourne Railway Station. (ABC News)

A Melbourne school tells parents that a student who was trapped under a train for up to an hour in North Melbourne yesterday fell onto the tracks when his bag became caught on the train's mirror.

The year 7 student from St Aloysius College remains in a serious but stable condition after what a paramedic described as a "traumatic" incident.

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