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Journey by Journey => Shorter journeys in Devon => Topic started by: Bob_Blakey on January 23, 2023, 10:12:31



Title: 22/01/2023 - Person Hit By Train Near Newcourt
Post by: Bob_Blakey on January 23, 2023, 10:12:31
I was at Sandy Park watching the rugby when the Devon Air Ambulance arrived a short distance to the west of the stadium at around 1500. It departed around 30-40 minutes later in the direction of it's base at Exeter Airport so I guess wasn't required. At the end of the match, c.1615, there was a stadium PA announcement that the Exmouth service was suspended. My walk home takes me over the Apple Lane Path overbridge from which could be seen a group of hi-vis clad personnel on the line close to or at Newcourt station. Local reporting https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-railway-person-hit-emergency-8060558 (https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-railway-person-hit-emergency-8060558) confirms the incident but gives little information regarding the circumstances. RTT shows 2F13 arriving at EXM essentially on time at 1451 but the unit not departing until 1723 as 2E26.


Title: Re: 22/01/2023 - Person Hit By Train Near Newcourt
Post by: railfan26 on January 24, 2023, 04:38:04
2T20


Title: Re: 22/01/2023 - Person Hit By Train Near Newcourt
Post by: Bob_Blakey on January 24, 2023, 07:54:51
Unfortunately now confirmed as a fatality.



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