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10/01/2012
Woman Dies Trying To Get Phone
A woman has been killed whilst attempting to retrieve her phone from train tracks.
The 23-year-old, from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, was struck by a Waterloo to Exeter express train on Sunday evening.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Chief Inspector Alison Evans from British Transport Police (BTP) described the incident as a "tragic accident".
(GK)
The 23-year-old, from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, was struck by a Waterloo to Exeter express train on Sunday evening.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Chief Inspector Alison Evans from British Transport Police (BTP) described the incident as a "tragic accident".
(GK)
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