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Title: Plymouth accident: person vs. train
Post by: lj3 on April 03, 2008, 01:30:34
What on earth is happening down in Plymouth?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7327673.stm
http://www.teletext.co.uk/news/national/46c3ad45a625a6c5d99f8b11c51a3ba8/Train+victim's+legs+amputated.aspx
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=181429&command=displayContent&sourceNode=229968&home=yes&more_nodeId1=133174&contentPK=20305430

Will be intrigued to find out how the chap came to be on the railway with his legs under a train....
The HST must have nearly been at a stand to have not killed him surely?

Fgw:
"Train services between Penzance and Exeter St Davids have been disrupted due to a person hit by a train at Plymouth.Short notice alterations can be expected."


Title: Re: Plymouth accident: person vs. train
Post by: Lee on April 03, 2008, 09:26:52
I Work For FGW blog post link.
http://www.iworkforfgw.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=81&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a


Title: Re: Plymouth accident: person vs. train
Post by: vacman on April 05, 2008, 12:33:24
The newspapers make it look like an accident, well if you try to run from platform 5 to platform 4 via the track then you may well get hit by a train!!!!!


Title: Re: Plymouth accident: person vs. train
Post by: devon_metro on April 05, 2008, 12:42:04
Trains aren't going at all fast through Plymouth anyway so it was a suicide attempt.



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