Army veteran's miracle survival after electrocution on live train tracks

Army veteran's miracle survival after electrocution on live train tracks Michael Walton, 50, suffered horrific injuries, including a golf-ball-sized hole in his chest and melted fingers, when he fell onto the live rail at Bournemouth Station An Army veteran sustained devastating injuries after falling onto a live railway track. Michael Walton suffered heart and lung failure and even had his fingers melted when electricity blasted a hole through his chest. The 50-year-old man fell onto the high-voltage railway line at Bournemouth Station when he had tried to pull his autistic colleague back from the platform edge. Their boots collided and Michael, who served in Northern Ireland and Iraq, tumbled onto the track, with the electric shock causing catastrophic injuries and stopping his heart and lungs. A Network Rail technician and Michael's colleagues hauled Michael from the tracks and started CPR, before he was dashed to hospital, where he remained in a coma for ten days. Speaking today, Michael said: "I don't even remember anything that happened the week before the accident. All I saw was this light coming towards me. The light was so bright like it was going to burn my eyes out, and then I heard my partner say 'do you still love me'. I put my arm in the air with my thumb up." Technician Gary Moors, 52, witnessed the incident from the signal box windows on September 25 and heard screams as Michael was being electrocuted.. He described him laid out as "Christ the Redeemer". Gary said: ''He didn't look too clever. To be honest, I thought he was brown bread." Gary and his colleagues managed to roll Michael clear of the live connection. Michael, a dry liner originally from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, described himself as someone that attracts accidents.. He said: "I've been in tank crashes, I've been in car crashes "This is the most severe accident I've been in, but it wasn't the most painful one.. It was like I had come back to life. All of a sudden I was back to normal. I had no broken arms. They started taking these big fat pipes out of my neck. My head injury is not very nice. I'm going to be bald for the rest of my life. It's been painful getting the tape off my head." Despite the rapid nature of his recovery from the immediate aftermath of the incident, Michael has been left with substantial injuries.. The electrical current had surged through his body, entering via his hands and elbow before leaving a golf-ball sized wound just below his nipple. The searing heat of the rail also melted his fingers, causing severe blistering. Michael was informed that only five in every 100 people survive such catastrophic heart and lung failure. His partner Donna, 47, stayed at his bedside throughout his stay at the hospital in Southampton. He also received visits from his son. But it's returning to everyday life that now dominates Michael's thoughts. Despite his injuries, he's keen to get back to his role at Titan Dry Lining and admits being unable to work has proved challenging. He said: "I feel great, I want to get back to work. I've been going out of my mind. "I have felt more depressed to not be working," he added. Michael, though, is now battling an MRSA infectionwhile continuing to receive treatment for his injuries. He also took the opportunity to express his heartfelt thanks to those who came to his rescue, as well as the hospital staff who cared for him during his recovery. Despite the ordeal he has endured, Michael is already looking ahead, with plans to return to his supervisory role at Titan Dry Lining in the near future.