UK: Woman Killed by Tree Branch While Leaning Out of Train Window Below Warning Sticker
11th January 2019
Bethan Roper died on the Great Western Railway train near Twerton, Bath, on 1 December.
The 28-year-old charity worker was returning home to south Wales from a Christmas shopping trip in London with friends when the accident occurred.
Her head was out of the window of a door on the train, which was travelling at 85mph, when it was struck by the branch.
A report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found a yellow “caution” label above the door said, “Do not lean out of window when train is moving”.
Let that be a lesson to us all.
Think of it as evolution in action.