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ralphchadkirk

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Antman said:
A graphic photo of this incident appeared on twitter, BTP are looking into it but it is not clear whether any offence has been committed but clearly there are moral issues.
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I saw it, it wasn't that graphic, although the cause of death was unarguable.
 
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ralphchadkirk said:
I saw it, it wasn't that graphic, although the cause of death was unarguable.
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Your comments are a bit of a contradiction but anyway the main concern was the victims family seeing the photo before the police had notified them
 
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Possibly another
A person has been hit by a train near Beccles causing delays of up to 60 minutes to trains between Ipswich and Lowestoft.
 
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Yes it was a person hit by train, at about half three I have heard, thoughts with those involved.
 
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Sadly somebody has been hit by a train at Sudbury Hill on the Chiltern Line out of Marylebone
 
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There has been someone struck near Leamington Spa tonight, haven't heard if its a fatality or not but in any case thoughts are with those involved.

Its the last thing the railways need after a day of severe disruption.
 
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Sadly there has been a fatailty at Crossflats this afternoon. Big dispruption for all Airedale and Whafedale services until at least 18:00.

New Post: Sorry for the brief post above but I was bouncing along on a 626 bus towards Shipley earlier. The latest update is that many services are cancelled and Northern are trying to arrange replacement buses. No further word on the incident itself.
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Further update: It seems that the line is now back open, but because of the complex diagrams on these lines it'll be some time before units and crews are back in position and normal services resumed. So cancellations continue.

In the meantime, Twitter is awash with people asking Northern why there are not fleets of staffed buses on standby to rush to their rescue on a week/school day, at the start of rush hour. Perhaps if a few used those phones to work out an alternative route home via public transport rather than giving Northern a hard time, they'd be like me. At home with a glass of wine!
 
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Although not a fatality there was a serious incident in Aytoun Street in Manchester today were someone was struck by a Metrolink tram which caused a lot of disruption for about 3 hours especially since its the only line into Piccadilly. Thoughts are with all those involved.
 
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HarleyDavidson said:
That link's a dead 'un!
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Does this work?

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/man-dies-after-being-hit-7979446


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A man has died after being hit by train in Kenilworth.
Emergency crews were called to the incident near Warwick Road at 5.14pm on Tuesday.
He was confirmed dead at the scene and is yet to be formally identified.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesman said: “We were called at 5.14pm on Tuesday, October 21, to reports of a person being hit by a train close to Warwick Road, Kenilworth.
“Colleagues from Warwickshire Constabulary and the West Midlands Ambulance Service also attended.
“The body of a man, who has yet to be formally identified, was located.
“He was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Officers are working to confirm the man’s identity and inform his family.
“The incident is being treated as non-suspicious.
“A file will be prepared for the coroner.”
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midlandred said:
Does this work?

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/man-dies-after-being-hit-7979446

No, it doesn't

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A man has died after being hit by train in Kenilworth.
Emergency crews were called to the incident near Warwick Road at 5.14pm on Tuesday.
He was confirmed dead at the scene and is yet to be formally identified.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesman said: “We were called at 5.14pm on Tuesday, October 21, to reports of a person being hit by a train close to Warwick Road, Kenilworth.
“Colleagues from Warwickshire Constabulary and the West Midlands Ambulance Service also attended.
“The body of a man, who has yet to be formally identified, was located.
“He was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Officers are working to confirm the man’s identity and inform his family.
“The incident is being treated as non-suspicious.
“A file will be prepared for the coroner.”
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Nope. Not for me anyway. But as you've kindly transcribed it, no need to worry.

Thanks.
 
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Another person hit

Trains are now running between Motherwell and Lanark following a person having been hit by a train
 
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There has been another person hit by a train at Kettering tonight.

1C87 2048 Sheffield to St Pancras is the train involved.

Thoughts to those involved.
 
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midlandred said:
Does this work?

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/man-dies-after-being-hit-7979446

No, it doesn't
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:idea: Tip:

When copying a URI from a browser address bar, over-write the 'http://' that is included in the Insert Link dialogue, otherwise, as has occurred here, the 'http://' will be duplicated. It is not obvious that the protocol will be copied with the address as it is not displayed in modern browsers.

Some bright spark has realised this happens and has registered the domain http.com.

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Bushy

ps the correct link is http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/man-dies-after-being-hit-7979446
 
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trentside said:
There has been another person hit by a train at Kettering tonight.

1C87 2048 Sheffield to St Pancras is the train involved.

Thoughts to those involved.
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Got caught in the middle of this on 1F79, which was the first northbound to be held. It always seems my luck that my train is the first in a long queue to be affected. :(

The crew were fantastic though, and I feel much relief now that things were not any worse, as is the case with some behind us - 1F83 just arrived at Leicester 2 hours late, and now canned at Derby. Bustitution for pax to Sheffield I guess.

1C87 now canned at Kettering. I guess pax were bustituted to London? The last southbound, 1B89 was already gone by the time we cleared Kettering, and 1C87 still had pax onboard then.
 
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I would assume that passengers were bussed or taxied to destination - I don't have anymore information on that, I'm afraid.
 
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Reports of a train hitting something in the West Drayton Area. May be a false alarm
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Now Confirmed. A person has been hit by a train at West Drayton.

Thoughts go out to the driver, crew, victims family and staff at the scene

Mods: Any chance this thread could be renamed to "Fatality Thread" since it has been used for many fatalities since the original?

Service involved appears to be 1P71 1831 Oxford to Pad
 
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Sadly there are reports of a person having been hit by a train at Manea, Cambs
 
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Rich McLean said:
Reports of a train hitting something in the West Drayton Area. May be a false alarm
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Now Confirmed. A person has been hit by a train at West Drayton.

Thoughts go out to the driver, crew, victims family and staff at the scene

Mods: Any chance this thread could be renamed to "Fatality Thread" since it has been used for many fatalities since the original?

Service involved appears to be 1P71 1831 Oxford to Pad
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I was on a following train from Reading to London. Never got any further than Maidenhead.
 
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Strathclyder said:
The only reason I added 'I think' into that post was because I wasn't sure what service was involved in the incident.
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The fact you didnt know what train was involved means you were speculating so why post it!
Adding 'I think' doesnt change anything!

If I was to post 'I think you are a complete effing W' would the 'I think' make it all right? No it wouldnt!
PS I dont! ;)
 
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If you want a lesson on why not to speculate, listen to the first few phone calls to and from LUL's Network Operations Centre on 7/7.
 
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