Mobility scooter driver hit by 100mph train on Kelvedon level crossing.

100mph train hits man on scooter

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Braintree Chronicle

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A MAN cheated death when his mobility scooter was struck by a 100mph commuter train at a level crossing.
Tony Winskill, 43, escaped with just minor injuries after apparently evading the barriers at the level crossing in Kelvedon on Monday.

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   Mobility scooter driver hit by 100mph train on Kelvedon level crossing. Pics by James Drumond

According to the emergency services, Mr Winskill was drunk when his blue mobility scooter dodged the closing barriers and was clipped by a high-speed passenger train on the Church Street crossing.
He was catapulted back into the road by the train, suffering only minor cuts and bruises.
British Transport Police Inspector Steve Brooks said that Mr Winskill was "incredibly lucky to be alive".
Network Rail said that the crossing was working correctly.
The alarm was raised when the driver of the 10.18 from Liverpool Street to Clacton radioed his control unit to tell them he had hit a man in a wheelchair on the crossing.
Mr Winskill is in Broomfield hospital for observation and remains in a stable and comfortable condition.