SWT man in high-viz talking in vague terms about our train being "used" for something at the incident site if we reverse back at Mortlake crossing? He said he couldn't discuss exactly what he meant, very odd.
Coupling you up to the involved train to move it as the driver will have been relived?
My mistake- we hadn't reached Mortlake crossing. Have just moved on and now stopped on the crossing- not sure why?
Perhaps that was the best way for the victim to be transferred to an ambulance, should they have ended up in some way trapped in the underside of the train.
(That's really the most sensitive way I can put that - I apologise if that's a little crude for some, but I have no other concise way of making that suggestion.)
Ok that makes sense, thanks. Understandable why the high-vis guys didn't want to elaborate. Train terminated at Barnes due to damage then a Waterloo service waiting for us there. Lines all now open again.
The emergency services I expect would refer to it as gaining access to casualty for treatment/ extraction.
Not actually hit- train stopped in time. Power was off though whilst trespass was dealt with.
That sounds very fortunate. NRE still thinks the person was hit, though. When I saw that delays of "only" 30 minutes were estimated, I did think that somehow it can't have been a KSI incident.
Somewhat confused by well placed relaibale people on twitter- though I can see why someone on the track may require paramedics even if they haven't been hit (if for example it was a jumper from a platform, that's a fair way to fall).
Though i don't touch social networking with a barge pole i wouldn't imagine twitter being that reliable source of information however well intentioned posts might be a lot is heresay and exaggeration and just peoples sensationalism and gossip and is more likely to lead to confusion after an incident than any semblance of accuracy i personally use the more reliable sources like network rails website.
Though i don't touch social networking with a barge pole i wouldn't imagine twitter being that reliable source of information however well intentioned posts might be a lot is heresay and exaggeration and just peoples sensationalism and gossip and is more likely to lead to confusion after an incident than any semblance of accuracy i personally use the more reliable sources like network rails website.
SWT Twitter said the person was injured but still alive as well, tweets from non-official sources are just rumours to me.