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08/07/2014
Reports Emerge Railway Worker Is Struck By Gatwick Express
A railway line worker has been seriously injured after he was hit a Gatwick Express train, travelling at 80mph.
According to reports the incident happened on 24 June near Redhill in Surrey. The man is understood to have been supervising a gang carrying out track maintenance when he was struck by a passenger service from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria.
An investigation is understood to be looking at the sequence of events and factors that may have led to the accident.
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According to reports the incident happened on 24 June near Redhill in Surrey. The man is understood to have been supervising a gang carrying out track maintenance when he was struck by a passenger service from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria.
An investigation is understood to be looking at the sequence of events and factors that may have led to the accident.
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