Emergency services rushed to a Derbyshire village after reports of a man sitting on a bridge above the railway.
Derbyshire Police, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue, East Midlands Ambulance Services, and British Transport Police all responded. Eye-witnesses say a man sat on top of the bridge above Station Road.
The railway line between Nottingham and Derby runs above that road and over the bridge. A Good Samaritan who saw the man called 999 and stayed within the vicinity until help arrived.
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Nikita Grant, the Good Samaritan, told Derby Now she did her best to help. She said: “All I did was ring the police and stay till they got there.
“I didn’t physically approach the man as I didn’t want to potentially make the situation worse. But I couldn’t just walk away knowing he didn’t get help.”
Another eye-witness said: “Station Road at train crossing closed off. Bloke sat on bridge threatening to jump off in front of train.”
What the police said about reports of man sitting on bridge threatening to jump
British Transport Police, the special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales and Scotland, say the individual was rescued and taken to a place of safety. A spokesperson for BTP said: “Officers were called to the line near Long Eaton railway station just after 5.15 pm on November 2 to reports of a person in a precarious position.
“Officers attended alongside Derbyshire Police, paramedics and fire and rescue, a person was taken to a place of safety.”
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