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I just saw on local news (BBC Text) that a Merseyrail employee has been suspended and interviewed under caution with regards to this tragic event You`d wonder why? surely it was an accident like they said ? no doubt we will find out sooner or later Purely speculation, but it was said that the victim was leaning against the train as it pulled out of the station, I believe it is part of the guards responsibilities to make sure that everyone is standing clear of the train before it leaves the station You hear so many stories and i have not heard that one we will have to wait and see ?
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The whole platform is well covered by CCTV so the British Transport Police Investigation will come up with the definitive conclusion.
Hopefully, this event will make people realise just how dangerous trains are. My dad has said kids muck around every friday and saturday evening at James Street. Pretending to jump or push a friend in front of a train or standing on the footplate daring the Guard to shut the door.
A while ago, a pissed up lad pretended to push his friend in front of the train as it pulled in. The Driver was so shook up, he got out of his cab and smacked the lad in the face. He then said the train is out of service and called BTP to arrest the lad.
Combined with the lad at Green Lane who got electrocuted while mucking about on the line, these incidents should become rarer...but I wont hold my breath. He wasnt mucking around, he was retrieving his ball and stood back onto the third rail!! In my opinion that's mucking around. I'm not saying he was doing anything malicious there but he shouldn't have been on the railway line. It's a bloody dangerous place. That incident should be a lesson to all other children. Don't go anywhere near a railway line! The penalties are a very harsh.
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Thank you for letting me know .Iwill go and buy it now 
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Every report I've heard including that of eyewitnesses and a train driver have said instantly. Well given the circumstances (a young girl) they aren't going to say anything other than that, are they? I'm not saying that's not what happened but she would have been lucky to die instantly. You ever see the movie Saving Private Ryan? Every soldier that died Tom Hanks wrote home and told their families that he died with honour and was killed instantly by a sniper headshot. I've spoken to people who have viewed the CCTV evidence. It was instant. Why would people have seen the CCTV evidence?
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Well it's not going to be on Youtube or anything like that. But it has been seen by a number of different people - Merseyside Police, Merseyrail, Carlisle Security employees, Merseytravel, B.T.P., Dept. of Transport among others. Possibly Health & Safety Exucutve too.
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My sister was an eye witness. Mercifully, it was instant.
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My sister was an eye witness. Mercifully, it was instant. I feel sorry for your sister [and everyone else on the platform] having to witness it. It's probably something you never forget. I have to admire Paramedics and Firefighters who have to deal with such situations all the time.
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From a emergency worker who was one of the 1st at the scene, it would definatley have been instant.
As said above it could be a guard, or a cctv worker who has shown the footage around or a million other reasons.
R.I.P Georgia
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-15640188A Merseyrail employee has been interviewed by police over the death of a teenage girl at a Merseyside station. Georgia Varley, 16, was killed when she fell between a train and the platform at James Street station on 22 October. The teenager from Wallasey had been celebrating at an 18th birthday party with friends before the incident. British Transport Police interviewed a 44-year-old man under caution and released him on bail until 11 January. Merseyrail said it had suspended him. A Merseyrail spokesman said: "Merseyrail and its staff will continue to co-operate fully with British Transport Police to ensure that the full facts are established as soon as possible so that Georgia's family and friends can find answers to exactly what happened and help them to come to terms with their loss. "We extend our deepest sympathy to Georgia's family and friends at this difficult time." He said that the employee had been suspended on full pay.
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