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Huntingdon train attack driver 'heard someone screaming' about knifeman stabbing people
Andrew Johnson said he had about 10 seconds to divert the train after hearing a stabbing alert and seeing a door alarm, court heard.
- On Tuesday, LNER driver Andrew Johnson told Cambridge Crown Court he diverted a high-speed service to Huntingdon after hearing an intercom alert about a knifeman attacking passengers, moving the train to the slow line within seconds.
- While traveling at 122mph near Abbots Ripton, Johnson initially dismissed a door-tampering alarm as "Saturday night" mischief, only realizing severity after hearing a passenger screaming, "there's a knifeman stabbing people."
- Johnson explained he had "probably about 10 seconds" to decide on the diversion and remained "absolutely glued to that seat" because an in-built safety feature would stop the train if he left the controls.
- Upon arriving at Huntingdon at 19:44 GMT, Johnson overrode the system to open the doors, witnessing passengers sprinting from the platform; passenger James Tomlinson testified he heard the attacker shouting, "I've got a knife."
- Defendant Anthony Williams, 33, denies 10 counts of attempted murder regarding the train incident; prosecutors also allege he attempted to kill three people in Peterborough and a 17-year-old boy in London during separate attacks.
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Great Yorkshire RadioHuntingdon train attack driver 'heard someone screaming' about knifeman stabbing people
Andrew Johnson, who was behind the controls of the Doncaster to London Kings Cross LNER service, said he had "probably about 10 seconds" to make a key decision.
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