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Rail crossing needed safety works 2 years before boy’s death

The pedestrian level crossing over railway lines near Kenley Station, where 11-year-old schoolboy Jaiden Shehata died after being hit by a train in January 2025, had been recommended for a safety upgrade almost two years earlier, but nothing was done. … Continue reading →

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Boy in Kenley rail accident was distracted by his mobile phone

Schools across the country are to be advised to include ‘targeted and locally relevant railway safety lessons’ in response to the death of a Year 7 Riddlesdown pupil earlier this year Jaiden Shehata, the 11-year-old Riddlesdown schoolboy killed at a … Continue reading →

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Safety works to begin at rail crossing where schoolboy died

Network Rail are to conduct safety improvement works at the pedestrian crossing over railway tracks in Kenley where a 11-year-old schoolboy was struck and killed in January this year. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has an on-going investigation into the … Continue reading →

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Rail investigation launched into schoolboy’s death at Kenley

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has announced that it will conduct an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a Year 7 schoolboy who was hit by a train on a pedestrian footpath crossing in Kenley when … Continue reading →

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