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Sophie Robinson

Police sergeant hit by train after ‘misleading’ information given, inquest hears

Sergeant Graham Saville was struck by a train while on duty in Balderton near Newark, Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A police sergeant was struck by a train after “misleading” information was given to officers trying to help a vulnerable man on a railway line, an inquest has heard.

Police officers were told Network Rail would be contacted to stop the train, but the call was delayed by five minutes before Graham Saville was fatally injured in Balderton, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, an inquest into the 46-year-old’s death was told.

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