7 days agoNewsComments Off on At least eight injured after land train crashes at Cornwall holiday park as two emergency helicopters scrambled
AT LEAST eight people have been injured after a land train crashed at a holiday park in Cornwall.
Two helicopters were dispatched to Tregoad Holiday Park in St Martin near Looe where eight people were injured after a land train crashed this evening.
Emergency services were called to the scene at around 7pm[/caption]
Coastguard rescue teams, firefighters and ambulance services were also at the scene.
Devon and Cornwall police have confirmed that eight people were injured but that none of their injuries “are thought to be critical or life-changing at this stage”.
HM Coastguard said: “At around 7pm this evening (Wednesday 30 October), HM Coastguard was called to assist with a road incident involving multiple casualties in Looe, Cornwall. The incident remains ongoing.
“An HM Coastguard Rescue Helicopter from Newquay was sent to the scene, alongside Tamar and Looe Coastguard Rescue Teams. South Western Ambulance Service, Devon and Cornwall Police and Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service are also in attendance.”
A Police spokesperson added: “Police are currently at the scene of a multi-agency incident at a holiday park in St Martin, near Looe. We were called just before 7pm tonight [Wednesday 30 October] following an incident involving a land train.”
It comes after a terrified passenger shared the heart-stopping moment they knew they were going to hit an oncoming train seconds before impact.
One passenger died and 15 others were rushed to hospital after two trains collided on a rural single-track railway.
The driver, who ran from his cab to warn a crash was imminent, was left bleeding from the head and a male passenger suffered a fatal heart attack after the low-speed crash in Llanbrynmair, Wales.
It is understood the two trains were carrying 41 passengers and one was unable to stop due to suspected leaves on the track preventing it from braking.
‘BRUTAL’
Passenger Jonah Evans, 25, told The Sun Online: “There was a train that was stopped and the other train couldn’t stop.
“And the driver couldn’t get out of the way with a train in front.
“The driver ran in and sat on a chair and said brace yourselves – we’re about to hit a train.
“Someone lost their teeth, cracked ribs.
Wondering what the hell had happened
Jonah Evans
“Because the driver told us it was happening, we could kind of get ready.”
A passenger on the Shrewsbury-bound train, Anthony Hurford, described the crash as “brutal”.
He added: “Somehow my body bent the leg of a table and ripped it off its bolts attached to the wall.
“Suddenly I was on the floor with my laptop strewn ahead of me, wondering what the hell had happened.
“We tried to stop at the lights. At the top of the hill, there’s a signal that I guess would have been a passing place and for whatever reason the train wouldn’t stop.
“There must have been 30/40 people from the fire service.
“There was British Transport Police who had come from Birmingham, there were three helicopters, people had come from north and south Wales as far as I’m aware. I was checked by three or four different medics.”
The man who died was in his sixties, police have now revealed.
Chief Inspector Jonathan Cooze(CORR), of the British Transport Police, said the circumstances leading to his death are under investigation.
He said: “While formal identification has not taken place, he is not believed to be a member of rail staff. Our thoughts remain with his loved ones.
“His next of kin have been informed and his family are receiving support from specialist officers.
“A further 15 people were taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.
“All other passengers were safely evacuated from the train.”
7 days agoNewsComments Off on Man, 40, found guilty of forcing unwitting pregnant woman to suffer miscarriage by plying her with abortion drugs
A MAN has been found guilty of forcing an unwitting woman to suffer a miscarriage by drugging her.
Cruel Stuart Worby, 40, secretly plied a woman with abortion medication when she was 15 weeks pregnant which caused her to lose the baby.
Stuart Worby was found guilty at Norwich Crown Court after plying an unwitting pregnant woman with abortion drugs[/caption]
Worby refused to take his victim to hospital for three hours while she suffered severe abdominal pain, jurors heard[/caption]
He appeared at Norwich Crown Court today where he was found guilty of one count of sexual assault and of administering a poison or using an instrument to procure a miscarriage.
Worby had previously admitted to buying the abortion medication but denied administering it to the woman.
The court was told how Worby administered two drugs to cause a “chemical” abortion usually used very early on in pregnancy.
He also refused to take his victim to hospital for three hours on August 4 2022 while she suffered severe abdominal pain.
The court heard how Worby and his friend Wayne Finney made the “cold, callous and calculating” plan after they “put their heads together”.
But they were caught after the victim read a message on Worby’s phone that read “It’s working, she’s bleeding.”
Before the tragedy, one text message from Finney to Worby read: “They are sending pills today”.
To which Worby replied: “Thanks for being there for me, mate”.
Wayne Finney’s girlfriend, Nueza Cepeda, is also thought to have made a telephone appointment with an abortion centre pretending to be pregnant.
She was given medication and made aware of the heavy bleeding as well as significant pain there would be between 10 to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Cepeda was informed there could be more permanent damage to the womb.
The pills were delivered to her on August 2 2022 and she met up with Worby and Finney at the George Hotel in Dereham.
Worby himself had previously bought Mifepristone and Misoprostol for £470 from a London gynae on July 29.
Cepeda was caught on CCTV with a white envelope and she left it on a bench.
Worby could be seen picking it up and taking out a blue coloured tablet box.
After his victim had suffered the miscarriage and found incriminating texts on his phone, Worby was arrested on August 5 2022.
Cops arrested him on suspicion of sexual assault for inserting one of the drugs into the woman without her knowledge or consent.
He was then further arrested for procuring a miscarriage by poison after investigators found google searches for Misoprostol.
The sick 40-year-old had also looked up whether a baby would be able to survive an abortion.
Officers discovered an empty pack of Misoprostol in a bin in his bedroom at home, as well as an iphone and a Nokia phone.
Worby had admitted he unlawfully acquired the medication but claimed he had a change of heart, the court heard during his two-week trial.
He said he crushed a pill into the woman’s drink but poured it away, which could explain why it was in the woman’s system.
But Edward Vickers KC, prosecuting, said: “The biggest lie of all was when he said his conscience got the better of him and he couldn’t go ahead with administering the drugs.
“We say that is utter nonsense.”
Worby is due to be sentenced on 6 December 2024.
Wayne Finney, 41, of Station Street, Swaffham, denied intentionally encouraging or assisting in the offence.
He was found not guilty by the jury today.
Neuza Cepeda, 39, of Walnut Drive, Dereham, admitted producing an instrument to be used with the intent to procure a miscarriage.
She is due to be sentenced at a later date.
DCI Duncan Woodhams said: “We pay tribute to the bravery of the victim who has endured the most terrible loss, her courage to come forward and give evidence has been invaluable in ensuring a guilty verdict.
“We also pay tribute to all the medical and health professionals and family, neighbours and friends who have supported the victim in her testimony. The impact of this event could have life-long repercussions for the victim.
“This has been a complex investigation into the deceitful and determined actions of Worby which had such horrific consequences and marks the first of its kind in finding someone guilty of this specific crime.”
Worby bought Mifepristone and Misoprostol for £470 from a London gynae[/caption]
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