A mother's last effort was to try and save her son before they were hit by a train along the Petagas railway tracks in Petagas on Tuesday (Nov 19).

The 41-year-old woman is believed to have pushed her son away from her in an attempt to get him to safety moments before she was crushed under the train.

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