Staff Fatality at Tyseley Depot 15/12/2019

SandTEngineer

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Staff Fatality at Tyseley Depot 15/12/2019

« on: December 16, 2019, 10:57:13 »

Hadn't seen this very sad incident mentioned:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-50801443

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Train driver dies in 'serious incident' at Tyseley Depot 15 December 2019

The death at the Tyseley Depot is being investigated, West Midlands Trains said
A train driver died in a "serious incident" at a Birmingham depot on Saturday.

The man was injured at about 20:30 GMT at Tyseley Depot, with emergency services attending.

The death will be investigated by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, a West Midlands Trains spokesman said.

He added that no members of the public were involved and there was no follow-on disruption to passengers.

In a statement, West Midlands Trains said: "There was a serious incident at Tyseley Depot that sadly resulted in a fatality."

Apparently occurred during a shunting movement.


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SandTEngineer

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Re: Staff Fatality at Tyseley Depot 15/12/2019

« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2019, 10:56:53 »

Update from RAIB^▸ here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fatal-accident-at-tyseley-depot?utm_source=8c31b078-d116-4b52-942d-a577d8ff17b9&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate


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Re: Staff Fatality at Tyseley Depot 15/12/2019

« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2019, 14:00:32 »

Quote from: SandTEngineer on December 16, 2019, 10:57:13

Hadn't seen this very sad incident mentioned:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-50801443

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Apparently occurred during a shunting movement.

Very sad to read
I didn't see anything in any news either, the first I knew was the same email this morning

RIP


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