A STOREMAN says he wants to thank the Good Samaritans who pulled him off railway tracks after he fainted.

Mark Healey, of Howden Close, Thamesmead, fell unconscious onto the line at Woolwich Arsenal station after suddenly feeling dizzy while travelling home.

The next train was only two minutes away and the 29-year-old believes he could have been killed or maimed if it were not for the kind commuters he is desperate to thank.

Mr Healey, who works in the stores at Paddington station, said: "If they hadn't pulled me up, a train was going to come into the station. They basically saved my life. I was lucky.

"I felt a bit dizzy and went over. I was out cold. Luckily they saw me down there."

One man climbed onto the track to get Mr Healey up, while two others helped from the platform.

Other passengers called an ambulance while another man climbed back onto the track to collect the glasses of the former Picardy School, Belvedere, pupil.

Mr Healey said: "I can't remember much just being helped up afterwards."

He was taken by ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, after the incident, on Easter Sunday at about 7.50pm, and kept in until the following day for tests.

He does not know why he fainted but, after suffering headaches this week, is keeping in close contact with his doctor.

His relieved mum Rose said: "We don't know who it was but we would say thank you very much for what they did. There was a train coming and they potentially saved his life."

She said: "He is still a bit hazy about what happened, but knows three or four men helped him up from the track.

"Luckily for my son there were Good Samaritans about that evening otherwise Mark may have been badly injured or, even worse, may have not survived."

l Do you know who helped Mr Healey off the tracks? Call Rob Peake on 01689 885716 or email: rpeake@london.newsquest.co.uk