John Anderson, a train conductor working at the time, said: “They were in their own little world.”

“We watched in horror as we got closer,” John added. “We saw them for about 12 seconds until they disappeared from our sight and the train continued moving forward.”

When the train came to a stop, John jumped down onto the tracks and immediately ran to the girls. He soon realized that the first two girls he reached had no pulse.

Savannah was alive, though gravely injured.

“I told her everything would be OK and she relaxed a little,” the conductor recalled.

“I hoped she would make it and for some reason I really thought she would.”