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Man run over by the train sent to find him

Rob Beschizza
Jul 31, 2025
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London Underground stewards turned off power to the tracks after a man was seen walking along the Northern Line on May 19 last year and behaving oddly. After a fruitless police search in the dark and no sign of the man, they eventually turned the power back on and dispatched a train to look for him. Robert English, 32, was electrocuted, then run over by…

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