Arrested or placed under caution?
Its posible the driver was placed under arrest, that should not infer that charges will follow
The difference is that he can't walk away if he was arrested, and can be put under bail conditions. Chances are that the practical difference in this case is marginal. Arrested or not, it is the start of an investigation which might not end in proceedings.
It did indeed end in proceedings. From
ITVA train driver who crashed at almost three times the speed limit was texting seconds before the train derailed at Kirkby Station, police have revealed.
Phillip Hollis, 59, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Magistrates' Court to endangering the safety of passengers following the collision in Knowsley on 13 March, 2021.
British Transport Police (BTP▸ ) say the former Merseyrail employee was driving a train from Liverpool which travelled into the station at 40mph, instead of the speed limit of 15mph.
Despite Hollis, of Spellow Lane, Liverpool, applying the emergency brakes, the train crashed into the buffer stop and derailed.
They say it was "sheer luck" that none of the 14 passengers, including the driver and guard, were seriously injured during the incident.
"Hollis told police that his bag had fallen off a cupboard in the cab and he'd stood up to retrieve it along with a bottle of Lucozade, before sitting back down and seeing the buffers approaching", the spokesperson said.
"However, when Hollis's phone was seized and analysed, detectives found he'd sent a WhatsApp message at 6.51.34pm, 26 seconds before the crash.
"He was interviewed again by detectives and admitted his phone should have been turned off in the cab."
