Video: Hero builder saves OAP from railway (From The Argus)
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Video: Builder saves elderly woman from railway tracks in Hove
1:03pm Tuesday 14th February 2012 in News
Trevor Murray leapt over a garden wall to save a woman on the railway line at Hove Buy this photo »
A builder vaulted a wall and jumped onto railway lines in front of a train to save a woman who was lying on the tracks.
Trevor Murray, 37, was yesterday hailed a hero for his actions, which saved the life of the unnamed pensioner.
The incident took place shortly after 11am yesterday (February 13).
Mr Murray, from Peacehaven, was working in the garden of a property off Portland Road, Hove.
The garden of the property runs next to the main line from Brighton to Worthing and is separated by a 10ft high wall and brambles.
Mr Murray rushed to help the woman after hearing shouting that there was someone lying on the tracks.
With no regard for his own safety he climbed over the wall and rushed to the pensioner’s aid as a Southern train approached.
He managed to talk to her and eventually pulled her from the tracks and out of danger. The train stopped yards away.
Inspector Gary Ancell, from British Transport Police, said that the woman had been taken to hospital where she was receiving treatment.
He said: “The man was very brave.
“However, there are live rails and we want to remind people never to go on the tracks.”
Read more on this story inside today's Argus.
Comments(12)
GIVE UP
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2:15pm Tue 14 Feb 12
ICE TO SAVE A DOG IS STUPID..BUT TO TRY AND SAVE A MUPPET WHO GOES ON THE RAILWAY IS MORE SO
hols00
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2:44pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Andy R
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3:50pm Tue 14 Feb 12
hols00 wrote:Leave 'em holsoo. They're not worth it.
everyone knows that you shouldnt really do something like this but i have to say nice one to the bloke for bothering to help and risk his own life to help someone else. GIVE UP.. maybe you should do just that! just because someone did something that you may not agree with it doesnt mean that you have the right to be horrible about someone. and as for comparing a human to a dog lol....
Really...they're not.
SeamanStains
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6:47pm Tue 14 Feb 12
This person could of been someone's grandmother, deserted, cold, hungry.
How sad this world has become that a human being can be so distressed as to try to take their own life, & all we can muster up is a " shouldn't of done that because it's dangerous" or " should of just left them". This country has got into a terrible state, absolute terrible.
SDK
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7:42pm Tue 14 Feb 12
ken standing
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5:03am Wed 15 Feb 12
bravebeth
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7:35am Wed 15 Feb 12
ajpj
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12:42pm Wed 15 Feb 12
GIVE UP
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4:51am Thu 16 Feb 12
Sarah Booker
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8:56am Thu 16 Feb 12
GIVE UP wrote:Here's a piece from a few years ago about them: http://www.theargus.
I've just seen the video of the hero and to me it changes the whole story,the Argus failed to mention he was a community responder, and that is what they are trained to do....l've never heard of community responders before...CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THEM
co.uk/news/1359107.L
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Sarah Booker
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8:58am Thu 16 Feb 12
J Noble Daggett says...
2:01pm Tue 14 Feb 12