La madre che ha perso il braccio e la gamba in Horror Tube Fall lancia una domanda di alta corte da £ 25 milioni contro TFL
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sarah-de-lagarde-tfl-northern-line-commuter-high-court-compensation-b1234828.html
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Fair enough. I spend most of my free time exercising, wear sensible shoes everywhere, and I’m relatively young. Yet I frequently encounter gaps between trains and platforms that freak me out. When carrying luggage, it can be quite nerve-wracking to navigate them. The gaps are a real risk for women in heels, anyone in restrictive business attire, or older/less nimble people.
TFL should have fixed this decades ago. It hasn’t. The unfortunate reality is that it’s obvious only huge financial liability will motivate change.
I hope the lawyer fees didnt cost her an… oh fuck it
Always thought rail travel cost an arm and a leg. And now we have proof.
I remember this.
It was very dark and raining when she slipped in between the train and the platform. The station is known for having a large gap. The warning did play.
Her argument was that the driver should have noticed her bag that fell on the platform and surmised that someone had fallen but even by her account that was the only indication that anything had happened. Iirc the driver picked up the bag and looked around but didn’t see her.
I think there is perhaps a claim about the second driver not seeing her on the tracks but the TfL have cameras afaik and apparently due the the dark and rain and where she fell it unfortunately led to her being very difficult to see.
She could’ve got them for calling her drunk with no evidence but they retracted that.
I think it’s hard to accept that something like this could have happened without someone being at fault but I’m interested to see what the outcome of this action will be.
I actually couldn’t read the article because the Standard page kept crashing.
It is pretty terrible to have a gap that is large enough to fall through and with no detection once someone has fallen which apparently can result in being run over twice.
I’ve met this lady and she is truly lovely. It was a really tragic thing that happened, and I hope she gets the result she needs from this.
Transport infrastructure needs to be more accessible for everyone – it certainly shouldn’t be dangerous.
This can only end with driver strikes and them being paid quadropule what they get now. Just like any inconvenience to the tfl
Highly unlikely that she will get even 10% of that.
Is there a particularly large gap at High Barnet? It seems quite “normal” to me but maybe there’s a particular section that’s worse.
Whilst this is tragic for her, why do I feel like I’m the only one who thinks we should have some personal responsibility when it comes to accidents like these?
We already have a public health service to support with injuries.
I don’t understand why TFL should have to foot a bill for the PI here by that logic anyone who fancies a few £m need only pretend to slip and fall on the line. Those commenting that we need some sort of system to stop people falling down the gap, cost wise it would be astronomical and impractical to put barriers like at Canary Wharf & Canada Water etc everywhere and the cost would be passed on to everyone else.
At Tram stations you can walk over the track but have to watch whether a tram is coming. I think there is a responsibility for you to recognise and negotiate the risks without expecting the world to be bubble wrapped. Maybe most people are too desensitised to the mind the gap announcement and hundreds of signs but there are a reason for them being there.