(28 Jul 2023, 8:52 pm)Storx wrote Don't want to excuse what's happened as it's sad and incomprehensible but the fact the doors not picking up a walking stick seems a bit of a design flaw. Surely it should be, that could've been a middle door in London. I know something similar happened on the Metro with a passenger being stuck and injuries, believe it happened at Jarrow, and they had to make changes.
Yeah, I don't know how or why the doors didn't pick up the obstruction.
Dunno how the driver didn't see a walking stick poking through as he checked his surroundings before moving away from the stop
But ultimately, we weren't there and can only picture the scene from the reports.
A tragic incident. Horrific for all involved.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66342449
The family have released a statement.
As far as the Metro goes, I actually had a similar incident myself about 30 years ago when I was a young whippersnapper.
We played a game where you ran out of one door and had to make it to the next before they closed.
The further you ran, the more Kudos you got.
Dunno how he did it, but the driver managed to close the doors of the set (all the others were open) with my foot stuck in the door and protruding out on to the platform.
Whether it was by design or fault, he didn't move off and I eventually got my foot through the door and in to the carriage.