Railway Supervisor's Close Call: A Second to Spare

0:00On April 2nd, a railway engineering supervisor dodged death by a split-second and harpened in Harfordshire, jumping clear as a Thameslink passenger. Train barrel passed at 62 miles per hour. Late Saturday night, around 11.41 pm on March 7th, 2026, the supervisor had accessed the tracks from an official point two. Set up marker boards on two lines closed for overnight work. That open fast line stayed live for traffic, and that's where he ended up walking right into the train's path, caught off guard until the last moment. The rail accident investigation branch jumped on it quick, launching a full probe into how the access was planned, and what led up to the close call. CCTV from the train's front confirms he cleared out just one second ahead, and now they're digging deep to make sure this doesn't happen again on the rails.