Heartstopping Moment Off-Duty Cop Saves Drunk Man On Tracks Moments Before Train Speeds Through Station

#1 A man, thought to be drunk, wobbles and falls off the platform edge onto the train tracks

Gut-wrenching CCTV footage shows how an off-duty policeman jumped from the opposite platform to save the traveller in the nick of time.

Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that the man, 41, was drunk and fell while waiting for his train.

#2 Panic ensues as fellow commuters spot the fallen man

The shocking surveillance video was taken from Puerta del Angel station in the Spanish capital.

At first, everything appears to be well.

But, on the left hand platform, a person can be seen walking backwards towards the edge of the walkway.

#3 An off-duty police officer jumps off the platform to come to the man's aid in the nick of time

Within seconds, the commuter wobbles and slips off the side of the platform, straight into the path of the oncoming train.

Panic ensues on the opposite side of the station.

Travellers ran to the edge of the platform to peer over at the fallen person

#4 The pair jump to the side with moments to spare as the train steams past

As the train moves ever closer, the members of the public stick out their arms in a frantic bid to stop the vehicle.

In a daring display, the off-duty policeman jumps off the opposite platform to make his way towards the stranded person.

After helping the person up, the pair move towards the right hand platform

#5 The train ploughs straight through the spot that the man had fallen onto

But the train is coming too quickly and the two have to jump and roll over the train tracks to dodge it.

The train steamed straight over the place where the person fell.

They would have surely died had the policeman not stepped in to help.

#6 watch the video here!

The video is around six years old, as it was taken in 2010.

But the clip went viral after it was released by Live Leak.