A ‘perfect storm’ of tragic circumstances led to the deaths of a toddler and her heroic father, who were killed when a pram rolled onto the tracks, a railway safety expert has claimed.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The pram, which was carrying two-year-old twins, rolled onto the railway tracks at Carlton train station in Sydney’s south about 12.25pm on Sunday.

THE HEROIC ATTEMPT

The twins’ father, Anand Runwal, 40, leapt down from the platform in a brave attempt to save them, but a passing train struck and killed both the father and one of the twins.

Mr Runwal’s wife, Poonam, watched on in horror and was screaming for her husband and children as another commuter held her back while police jumped onto the track to try and locate her family.

ONE OF THE TWINS IS SAVED

Miraculously, one of the twin girls was pulled from underneath the train and escaped the accident ‘with hardly a scratch on her’.

Principal owner and consultant at Railway Safety 101 Michael Maartensz told Daily Mail Australia the horrible accident was caused by a ‘tragic set of circumstances’.

Mr Maartensz said it seemed the pram was briefly left unattended, and a gust of wind, coupled with the platform sloping, pushed it onto the tracks.

HOW TO AVOID SUCH ACCIDENT

Mr Maartensz said passenger screen doors were the ‘ultimate solution’ to preventing accidental deaths at railway stations.

‘Passenger screen doors would have prevented this tragic accident, there’s no doubt about it,’ Mr Maartensz said.

‘They’re designed to prevent people from accidentally getting too close to moving trains on railway stations.

‘In this instance, the pram would have just bumped into the passenger screen door and stopped. That’s the ultimate solution.’

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However, he claimed the government would not have ‘an appetite’ to install passenger screen doors at existing stations because it is too expensive.

‘It’s really not on their radar. It would cost a lot of money, but boy, it would, definitely save lives and in this case, it would have saved two lives,’ Mr Maartensz said.