THIS is the horrifying moment a woman narrowly misses being crushed by a tram after she is pushed onto the tracks.
CCTV footage shows a young French man suddenly pushing a female passenger off the platform and onto the tracks just as a train approaches.
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Cops arrested the suspect, 23, for attempted manslaughter following the incident at the Rogier underground station in Brussels on January 14.
The city’s public prosecutor’s office said the woman narrowly avoided being run over after the train driver noticed what had happened and slammed on the emergency brakes.
A video of the incident shows the suspect loitering around before sneaking up behind a woman near the edge of the platform and shoving her onto the tracks.
The 55-year-old woman, who hasn’t been identified, is thrown into the air before landing on her head.
The oncoming train screeches to a halt and fellow commuters then rush onto the tracks to help her.
An Van hamme, spokesperson for the Brussels transport company STIB, said: “The metro driver was able to brake just in time and thereby avoid a collision.”
The woman was not reported to have suffered any serious injuries and was taken to hospital in shock.
Van hamme said: “Our metro driver was also in shock and also had to go to hospital.”
Local media reports said the suspect was beaten by an outraged passenger and fell on the tracks.
Sarah Durant of the Brussels public prosecutor’s office said: “The perpetrator crossed the tracks and then fled through one of the exits of the metro station.
“Thanks to the police’s dissemination of the suspect’s images, he was intercepted a few minutes later while he was at De Brouckere metro station.”
A judge has ordered the suspect to be given psychiatrist evaluation.
Brussels’ cops have launched an investigation into the incident.
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