A Life Saved, a Marathon Planned: The Unlikely Story of Ben Turner Ben Turner's near fatal accident in 2005 was a turning point in his life.
On that fateful night, he was hit by a tram and left for dead on Kings Way in South Melbourne.
Paramedic Mick Stephenson recalls the scene as "terrible" – Turner was lying face down between the tracks, his heart had stopped, and he wasn't breathing.