I've seen reports from a webgroup that there was an incident at the new Hampden Park CCTV crossing in Eastbourne yesterday
Apparently a person in a wheelchair got trapped the wrong side of the barriers coming down and some lorry drivers lifted her over in the nick of time before the train turned up.
Has someone decided that barriers can come down automatically at CCTV crossings without being watched & controlled by the signalman if obstacle detection is fitted?
http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/ne...sing-1-6586705
Apparently a person in a wheelchair got trapped the wrong side of the barriers coming down and some lorry drivers lifted her over in the nick of time before the train turned up.
Has someone decided that barriers can come down automatically at CCTV crossings without being watched & controlled by the signalman if obstacle detection is fitted?
http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/ne...sing-1-6586705
A wheelchair bound woman was rescued by horrified onlookers when she got trapped under barriers at Hampden Park Level Crossing yesterday afternoon (Tuesday).
The barriers came down as the disabled woman was being pushed over the crossing and three tree surgeons quickly pulled her to safety.
The incident happened just days after the signal box was de-manned and demolished with all signalling at the busy crossing now being controlled from Three Bridges.
Witnesses say the disabled woman’s companion began pushing her across the crossing from Mountfield Road towards Brassey Parade when the barriers were up and the lights were not flashing.
When they were almost at the other side the barriers were lowered and the two women were trapped.
Quick thinking tree surgeons, Andrew Catt, his brother Stephen and son Michael were waiting at the crossing and when they saw what was happening, jumped out of their truck and pulled the woman and her companion to safety.....
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