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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall and Anthony France

Tube horror after man who ran from police was run over by train sent to search for him in the dark

Colindale station: a coroner has criticised TfL - (Google Maps)

A man who ran away from police died after being electrocuted and hit by a Tube train that had been dispatched to look for him late at night.

Transport for London has been reprimanded by a coroner for its failures to follow safety procedures that should be activated when a passenger is thought to be on the tracks.

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