DLR Fined Over Death

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Serco Docklands has been fined nearly half a million quid after one of its trains killed a man who had strayed onto the track.

Another passenger alerted the police, who asked the control room to check, but they could not spot anyone on track. It was only when they spotted a copper on the platform at All Saints waving his arms that they realised there really was someone on the track, but by then, it was too late to stop the next train, which hit the man and killed him.

So who is missing from this story. A train driver (DLR trains don't have drivers). Any staff at the station.

So to keep its passengers safe, the DLR clearly needs more staff. And London Underground take note: when trains don't have drivers and stations don't have staff, people get killed.

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