A driver who derailed an Overground train after falling asleep at the wheel with cocaine in his system has been jailed.
Erkan Mehmet, 44, of Middle Street, Waltham Abbey, pleaded guilty at Inner London Crown Court to endangering the safety of the railway and was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison on Friday, British Transport Police said.
On October 12 2021, Mehmet was driving a London Overground train to Enfield Town when he entered platform two at the station and failed to stop - before crashing into the buffers, causing the front carriage to derail.
