Browse The Independent’s complete collection of articles and commentary on British Transport Police. Train driver Scott Walker, 43, took his own life as he was unable to cope with hitting a suicidal man on a railway track Credit: Facebook. A man who died after being hit by a train yesterday was known to a woman found dead in north London minutes before. The dad-of … All the latest breaking news on British Transport Police. Train driver Scott Walker, 43, took his own life as he was unable to cope with hitting a suicidal man on a railway track Credit: Facebook. Whilst someone might picture death as being decapitated by the train wheels, it is possible for the body to just bounce off the front of the train then fall in between the train wheels, or have just a limb over the tracks. A motorist died when a car was hit by a train at a level crossing. Met Police are investigating the two deaths … Mary Beary, 16, was captured on CCTV climbing a … Fatalities When there is a fatality on the railway there are inevitable delays; a lot of work is being done to reduce their occurrence and the subsequent disruption to services Whenever there is a fatality on the railway, we follow a strict procedure: A man who died after being hit by a train yesterday was known to a woman found dead in north London minutes before. The car was hit at Palgrave crossing in Suffolk at about 18:14 BST on Saturday and the driver died at the scene.

A POPULAR teen girl died after being hit by a train when she took a shortcut home across railway tracks, an inquest heard today. The number of railway fatalities caused by suicides in Great Britain increased from 192 fatalities in 2001/02, to 271 fatalities in 2018/19.