Network Rail found guilty over level crossing death
Monday 25 February 2013
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EmailNetwork Rail was found guilty of breaching health and safety laws today over a level crossing death.
Jane Harding died when a train hit the car she was travelling in as a passenger at a level crossing in Moreton-on-Lugg, Herefordshire, in 2010.
The trial heard that Network Rail had decided not to install a safety device which would have detected the train and kept the barriers down.
Signalman Adrian Maund, who mistakenly raised the barriers, was found guilty of failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of other people at work.
Both Mr Maund and Network Rail had denied the charges. But the jury found them guilty of breaching the Health and Safety Act 1974.
They will be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court in April.
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