Shocking CCTV shows mother pushing a pram across live train tracks in Essex

CCTV footage has captured the moment a mother decided to lead her two children across a live railway line in an apparent bid to take a shortcut

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by Kayleigh Dray |
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Pushing one child along in a pram, while a toddler walked along behind her, the mother was seen cutting across the live tracks just metres from where trains pass at a busy junction.

The British Transport Police, who are searching for the woman, released the shocking images yesterday in a bid to alert people to the dangers of trespassing on the railways.

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They said: "We don’t know what this woman was doing, but the only reason we can think that she would take two small children across a railway is because she was following a shortcut.

"People don’t realise walking along a train track is just as dangerous as walking down the middle of a motorway."

Via The British Transport Police
Via The British Transport Police

The incident came after police warned as many as 14 children and young adults a day are risking their lives - and the lives of train passengers - by trespassing on the rails.

The British Transport Police have since launched Operation Intruder, in a bid to warn of the dangers of trespassing on rail lines.

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There were almost 2,400 recorded incidents between April and June, one of which saw a 16-year-old boy suffering serious burns after coming into contact with overhead power lines.

And, in Derbyshire, a train hit a concrete block which was placed on the tracks by a group of children.

Chief Inspector Tom Naughton said: "We need parents to play their part, too – making children aware of how dangerous a place the railway can be."

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