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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Alice Peacock

London commuter suing TfL for £220,000 after falling in front of train 'due to overcrowding'

A man who says he fell in front of an ongoing train on London's Tube network and sustained serious injuries due to "overcrowding" is suing Transport for London for £220,000.

Commuter David Garcia Thomas, 28, was at Oxford Circus station during rush our on 20 November 2019 when he fainted and fell.

Mr Garcia Thomas, an IT executive, became trapped between the train and platform edge and was subsequently dragged some distance, sustaining multiple injuries as a result including a fractured spine and serious leg injuries.

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