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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46420317
Oh dear - not a good news story. Is this the first passenger fatality on the UK rail network since the young man who was killed in similar circumstances near Wandsworth Road on a GatEx 442? I’m guessing a down HST was the train involved, probably the 2030 Padd-Exeter looking at the time of the incident (approx 2210 between Bath and Keynsham.)
Condolences to the family of the deceased, no doubt an investigation will establish the facts.
A woman killed on a train may have been leaning out of a window when she suffered a blow to the head, police said.
She died after sustaining serious head injuries on a Bristol Temple Meads-bound service, between Bath and Keynsham.
Police said the woman's death, at about 22:10 GMT on Saturday, was not being treated as suspicious.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has been informed.
A British Transport Police statement said: "We were called at around 10.10pm following a report a woman had received serious head injuries while travelling on a train between Bath and Keynsham."
It continued: "Initial inquiries suggest the woman may have been leaning out of a window when she suffered a blow to the head.
"Officers are currently working to confirm her identity and inform her next of kin."
Oh dear - not a good news story. Is this the first passenger fatality on the UK rail network since the young man who was killed in similar circumstances near Wandsworth Road on a GatEx 442? I’m guessing a down HST was the train involved, probably the 2030 Padd-Exeter looking at the time of the incident (approx 2210 between Bath and Keynsham.)
Condolences to the family of the deceased, no doubt an investigation will establish the facts.
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