Through David Howard FlickrA person who escaped from the police was electrocked and then killed by an underground train in London, who was searching for her, was heard by his interrogation.
Senior coroner Andrew Walker said that transport to London’s (TFL) response was “insufficient” after 32 -year -old Robert English, killed in May 2024 when he was running after a fight report with the track near Colindel station in North London.
TFL employees initially stopped the power supply, but then the police accidentally admitted that Mr. English had climbed a fence, which used to separate the station from a park.
A tube train that was stabilized, then started searching for the track and drove it.
TFL Chief Operating Officer Claire Mann said: “We are committed to working with policing partners and reviewing our own operational practices to learn from the event.”
‘Not sufficiently equipped’
According to North London senior coroner Mr. Walker, Shri English was last seen on May 19 at around 01:00 BST, but “after two officials” two officials made him their way instead of removing him instead of stopping him. “
The 32 -year -old was electrocked before being run by a search train about about 500 meters (1,640 ft) from the station.
Mr. Walker stated that the train was “not sufficiently equipped enough to make such a discovery in the dark and this response was insufficient”.
The coroner said that the power was wrongly restored as the station manager confirmed that the police had left and Mr. Walker was not seen anywhere, after climbing a fence, the coroner said.
Through David Howard FlickrMr. Walker wrote that TFL had not followed its rule book, especially to tell “all concerned people” that the power supply was about to switch.
He said: “It (Metropolitan) must have given the police and the British Transport Police a chance to confirm that Mr. English was not found and possibly on the railway side of the tracks.
“It is likely that the move was followed, not switching on the power supply and a proper discovery, which was also possible, he could find MR English and returned to the station safely.”
The police guards ruled in June 2024 that there was no need to investigate.
In April, TFL was urged to give “concrete plan” To prevent drunken passengers from being killed on their network after an accidental death of an artist in a tube tunnel after one night in London.
Ms. Mann said: “Our views are with friends and family of Robert English after her sad death last year.
“We conducted a formal inquiry into the incident and assisted the coroner during interrogation.
“We will be fully reviewing the report of the future death of the coroner before responding completely and will consider any appropriate action to make the transport network as safe as possible.”
A department of the transport spokesperson said: “We are considering the prevention of the report of the future death of the coroner.”
