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Title: Train driver dies of suspected heart attack pulling into Barking station Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 27, 2016, 18:39:42 Sad news, from the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36149074):
Quote Train driver dies of suspected heart attack pulling into Barking station A 56-year-old train driver died after suffering a suspected heart attack as he pulled into Barking station. Father-of-two Steve Jones, who was based at the East Ham depot, died on Monday night. According to c2c, Mr Jones' foot came off the safety pedal as the train was travelling at about 6mph during the approach to the station. It stopped automatically and other trains in the area were also halted as a signaller tried to contact Mr Jones. Another driver paused to investigate and an ambulance was called, but paramedics were unable to resuscitate him. Mark Daniels, a fellow driver and official with drivers' union Aslef, said his fellow member was "a great work colleague who will be missed. "It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to one of our own at the young age of fifty-six. Steve Jones was one of the proud railwaymen to start under British Rail. He will be a character lost from the mess room. RIP Jonesy." C2c delivery director Kevin Frazer said: "The thoughts of all of Steve's colleagues and friends at c2c are with his family at this difficult time." A c2c spokesman told the BBC that drivers of Mr Jones' age had a company health check every five years and Mr Jones had passed his less than two years earlier. Title: Re: Train driver dies of suspected heart attack pulling into Barking station Post by: ChrisB on April 28, 2016, 08:45:51 A lot of people pass away at work....wonder why this one got singled out?
Title: Re: Train driver dies of suspected heart attack pulling into Barking station Post by: John R on April 28, 2016, 08:50:48 Possibly because of the perceived safety concerns (although we know that safety devices mitigate any risk in such an incident). Also it did cause some very significant delays that evening.
Title: Re: Train driver dies of suspected heart attack pulling into Barking station Post by: chrisr_75 on April 28, 2016, 12:07:49 A lot of people pass away at work....wonder why this one got singled out? I can think of fairly recent similar issues involving bus/coach drivers and an airline pilot that attracted similar attention in the media, I think it's just something that had the potential to cause a lot of carnage in the eyes of the general public so people are naturally interested. Reassuring, however, to see that the safety devices did their job when required. Also quite shocking that someone so relatively young and fairly well screened health wise should die in this manner. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |