Woman hit by two Tube trains takes TfL to High Court

A woman who lost an arm and leg after being run over by two Tube trains has issued a legal claim at the High Court against Transport for London .

She was run over by the train she had been travelling on as it left the station and then by a second train.Ms de Lagarde, who is from north London, said she slipped on a wet and uneven platform.Woman run over by two trains fundraises for bionic armMs de Lagarde was on the tracks undetected by staff for 15 minutes, despite her screams for help, due to a series of safety failings by TfL, her legal claim states.

"What happened to me could have happened to anyone and, since my accident, I have been contacted by many people with safety fears or who have experienced near misses on the Tube network."It is vital that it learns lessons from my case to make a safer network for everyone and stop incidents like this happening again."

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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