BOSTON -- An MBTA driver was honored for stopping an Orange Line train when a woman fell onto the tracks, Boston television station WCVB reported.

Surveillance video released on Monday showed the 26-year-old woman waiting for the train in the North Station. As the train arrives, the woman tries to put out a cigarette but loses her balance and falls into the pit.

The train was approaching the inbound platform at about 10:54 p.m. on Friday when the driver, Charice Lewis, saw other passengers waving.

"The people were waving, but they were waving too much, and they were really, really close to the yellow line, which you are not supposed to be. It was telling me, 'Slow your train down. Slow your train down,'" Lewis said.

Lewis said she could see the woman lying in the pit below.

"As I was approaching, the lady pops her head up, and I was like, 'Oh my God. Someone is in the pit.' I threw it into emergency, exactly what I am supposed to do, and it stopped just in time not to hurt her," Lewis said.

The train stopped just outside the platform, a short distance from the woman.

"After the fact, she came up with a big smile on her face," Lewis said.

Two MBTA transit police officers who spoke with the woman who fell said she had been drinking several hours earlier and was noticeably intoxicated.

"When she stood up, we were in disbelief that she was able to stand up," White said.

The woman was treated for scrapes on her knees at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Jacqueline Osorio, a second MBTA employee who helped alert riders, was also recognized by officials.