A police sergeant was struck by a train while trying to help a distressed man two seconds after an order was given for officers to stay off the tracks, an inquest has heard.
Nottingham Coroner’s Court heard that two trains, which could have been travelling up to 120mph, were coming from both directions before Graham Saville, 46, was fatally injured on the line in Balderton, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, on August 24 2023.
