Woman electrocuted on rails after leaving Derby train (From Epsom Guardian)
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Woman electrocuted on rails after leaving Epsom Derby train
11:51am Monday 6th June 2011 in 2012 Investec Derby Festival By Craig Burnett
Thousands attended the Epsom Derby on Saturday
A woman has been electrocuted on a live rail after leaving a train stopped by brawling passengers.
The service was filled with passengers returning from a day out at Epsom racecourse on Saturday when a group of men began fighting and it was stopped near South Croydon station.
Officers from British Transport Police, who were called to the scene at 8.44pm, said the emergency cord on the 7.50pm service from Tattenham Corner to Victoria was pulled before the train's doors were prised open.
The 22-year-old Mitcham woman, who has not been named, was treated for burns at Westminster and Chelsea hospital but her condition is not thought to be life threatening. Police said they are investigating her injuries and the fight as two seperate incidents.
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Comments(6)
martyndesmith
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11:09pm Mon 6 Jun 11
martyndesmith
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11:13pm Mon 6 Jun 11
If football fans had behaved in this manner there'd've been a national outcry.
Angela M
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2:23pm Thu 9 Jun 11
sfocata
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3:49pm Thu 9 Jun 11
Interloper
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11:44pm Tue 14 Jun 11
Formally, the words electrocute and electrocution always imply fatality. Informally, however, I accept these terms are sometimes, although incorrectly, are used to refer to serious but nonfatal electric shocks. Correct usage is to reserve electrocute and electrocution for fatal electric shocks, and to use shock or electric shock for non-fatal ones.
Etymology
From electro- + (exe)cute
Source: Wiktionary accessed 14/06/11
PS I would expect any newspaper to use the formal definition.
Interloper says...
1:43pm Mon 6 Jun 11