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Title: Incident near Hayle Post by: GBM on February 05, 2016, 13:11:02 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-devon-35476417
Train services delayed after incident on line Posted at 11:57 GWR Help ✔ @GWRHelp Following a person being hit by a train between Penzance and Truro all lines have now reopened. Delays of up to 60 minutes still expected. Thoughts with all involved Title: Re: Incident near Hayle Post by: JayMac on February 05, 2016, 16:09:19 0935 CrossCountry service from Penzance to Manchester Piccadilly was the train involved. Location was Gwinear Road Level crossing.
Person hit apparently survived. Declared non-suspicious by BTP. Title: Re: Incident near Hayle Post by: LiskeardRich on February 05, 2016, 19:56:38 Air ambulance took the casualty to hospital- serious head and leg injuries according to local radio. I suspect she was lucky there is a speed restriction in place at the crossing due to issues with agriculture vehicles getting stuck on the crossing trying to turn right on the exit.
Title: Re: Incident near Hayle Post by: brompton rail on February 06, 2016, 15:23:57 Seems like that train service is blighted!
Last Summer my brother returned from a holiday in Penzance to Stratford on Avon (via Birmingham). However he choose to travel GWR to Plymouth and then use the next XC service to Brum (12.25 HST), in preference to the four coach Voyager through Manchester service. What happened, well on that day the Manchester XC was involved in a "person struck by train" at Cullompton. I don't think that incident ended well for the unfortunate individual involved. Title: Re: Incident near Hayle Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 06, 2016, 17:21:06 From the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-35504261):
Quote Woman struck by train at Hayle level crossing (http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/0E76/production/_88120730_levelcrossing.jpg) The woman was air lifted to hospital with serious injuries A woman was seriously injured when she was struck by a train at a level crossing. Emergency crews were sent to Gwinear Road level crossing in Hayle, Cornwall, just before 10:00 GMT on Friday, British Transport Police said. The victim, believed to be in her 60s, was taken to hospital by air ambulance with serious head and leg injuries. All train services between Penzance and Truro were suspended for about two hours following the incident. 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 |