{"id":599717,"date":"2025-11-28T18:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/599717\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T18:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:28:34","slug":"person-seriously-hurt-after-being-hit-by-train-near-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/599717\/","title":{"rendered":"Person seriously hurt after being hit by train near station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The incident is not thought to be suspicious<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_Yate-Railway-Station-car-parkJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Yate Railway Station\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Yate Railway Station<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">A person who was struck by a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/transport\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">train<\/a> near a railway station has suffered potentially life-changing injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">At around 12.45pm, the British Transport Police (BTP) were called to the railway near <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/yate\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Yate<\/a> railway station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/great-western-railway\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Western Railway<\/a> (GWR) said that a person was struck and that all trains between Bristol Parkway and Gloucester were immediately halted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Emergency services attended the incident and a person was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">The person has suffered potentially life-changing injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">BTP said the incident is not thought to be suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">A spokesperson for BTP said: &#8220;Officers were called to a report of a casualty on the tracks at 12.45pm today (Friday, November 28) near Yate railway station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">&#8220;Officers and paramedics attended and a person was taken to hospital for medical treatment with potentially life changing injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">&#8220;The incident is not thought to be suspicious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">GWR said that trains are now able to run trains between Bristol Parkway and Gloucester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">National Rail said that disruption is expected until 7pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Trains may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes, revised or diverted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/bristol-news\/live-person-hit-train-between-10675673\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">To keep up with the latest updates, visit our live blog here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reach out if you need help<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If you are struggling, there are a number of ways to get help. The Samaritans can be contacted day or night through a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/how-we-can-help\/contact-samaritan\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">variety of ways<\/a> but they&#8217;ll answer the phone 24-7 on 116 123.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Your family and friends are there for you too. Suicide doesn&#8217;t end the pain, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlive.com\/news\/news-opinion\/suicide-doesnt-end-pain-just-8002088\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">it just shares it around<\/a>. Those left behind say they will never recover from the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlive.com\/news\/devon-news\/heartbroken-mum-left-feeling-dead-8002563\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">agonising loss<\/a> and the constant regrets and all-consuming thoughts that they might have been able to do something.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Suicide attempt survivors have <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlive.com\/news\/devon-news\/life-now-fabulous-says-devon-8045474\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">spoken of hope and how things can get better<\/a>. Your GP can help or point you to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/nhs-services\/mental-health-services\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS mental health<\/a> services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident is not thought to be suspiciousYate Railway Station A person who was struck by a train&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,37429,1263,16,15,14915],"class_list":{"0":"post-599717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-great-western-railway","13":"tag-transport","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-yate"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115628745075968470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}