US EditionPolice Sergeant Hit by Train After 'Misleading' Information Given to Officers, Inquest Hears
- Sergeant Graham Saville, 46, was fatally struck by a train on August 24, 2023, near Balderton, Nottinghamshire, while trying to assist a distressed man on the tracks.
- The incident followed delayed and misleading information, as police officers received late orders to leave the tracks and faced communication failures with Network Rail.
- Several officers, including two who responded first, found Patient C after he scaled a waist-high locked gate onto the railway lines where trains can travel at speeds of up to 120 mph.
- The inquest heard that the urgent call to stop trains only succeeded about 20 seconds before Saville was hit, with coroner Laurinda Bower describing the order as issued "far too late."
- Saville's death highlighted gaps in training and protocol for railway incidents, prompting new guidance to notify Network Rail immediately when someone approaches tracks.
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Police sergeant hit by train after ‘misleading’ information given, inquest hears - Jersey Evening Post
A police sergeant was struck by a train after “misleading” information was given to officers trying to help a vulnerable man on a railway line, an inquest has heard. Police officers were told Network Rail would be contacted to stop the train, but the call was delayed by five minutes before Graham Saville was fatally […]
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