Condition update on woman injured by Scunthorpe to Manchester train
A woman who was struck by a train on the main Scunthorpe to Doncaster railway line will remain in hospital over the weekend and is expected to be discharged early next week.
The woman, from South Yorkshire, was taken to a Sheffield hospital by air ambulance and is now being treated for minor injuries.
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The incident happened on Tuesday, January 8 and British Transport Police officers attended Thorne South station following a report of a woman being hit by a train.
Medics from South Yorkshire Ambulance Service and fire crews from Humberside and South Yorkshire also attended.
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The train involved was the 9.26am Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport service via Barnetby and Scunthorpe.
A spokeswoman for the British Transport Police said: "She will remain in hospital over the weekend and is expected to be discharged early next week.
"She is being kept in hospital under observation."
Comments
by dellboy1959
Saturday, January 12 2013, 10:31AM
“Still no explanation as to how it happened but i think she should count herself very lucky as not many people get to argue with a train and live to tell the tale.”