Man injured after being struck by train at South Kirkby

A man was injured after being struck by a train in South Kirkby on Saturday evening.

$Emergency services from South Kirkby, Pontefract and Featherstone and a Technical Rescue Unit and CLM vehicle attended the scene.$ $Emergency services from South Kirkby, Pontefract and Featherstone and a Technical Rescue Unit and CLM vehicle attended the scene.$ Emergency services from South Kirkby, Pontefract and Featherstone and a Technical Rescue Unit and CLM vehicle attended the scene.

The incident took place at 6.54pm at Bracken Hill, South Kirkby, Pontefract [1]. A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We received a call from British Transport Police [2] with reports of a male being struck by a train. "Trains [3] had been stopped in both directions and the male was found conscious and breathing.

"Fire service crews assisted paramedics with extricating casualty onto a long board and into the ambulance."

References

^ Pontefract (www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk)
^ British Transport Police (www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk)
^ Trains (www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk)