Around 6pm we passed the scene of what looked like a very serious accident involving a cyclist on a mountain bike. The police had cordoned off the whole area and were everywhere. There was a lot of blood on the road. The person had already been taken away.
:((

sounds horrific.

Had a hectic day mostly spent in the tube yesterday, and I heard an anouncement mention something about a person "under the train" didnt hear clearly so thought it was a mistake. Turned out to be true though.

I respect paramedics highly above any other profession. Having to face barely alive people with mangled bodies, and somehow unflinchingly "sorting it out" goes completely beyond anything I could contemplate confronting.

i have heard that more than 3 times
i think they actually say passenger under the train

The accident sounds awful, I hope the person injured is OK.


You also need to listen out for when they announce "Would Inspector Sands please report to the operations room immediately."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Sands

Happens about once a week in London. Usually fatal.

Sad but true. When i first heard it i stopped in absolute disbelief, not because of the message, but because everyone started cheering in that bitter british way which means "hurray, now we're going to be delayed."

I was pretty upset by that!

Back in May after a night out with one of my London based friends I was standing in front of the white(yellow?) line pointing at the power rails speaking about something. Probably talking about how they are constructed. Then came the message from the Gods, "could individuals please stop point at the rails and get behind the line, we do not want you to fall down".

That wikipedia article suggests that the "sands" phenomenon is unique to the tube and somehow mysterious. It's my understanding that "Mr sands" is the default setting for more than one major fire alarm system...it certainly was when the Ritzy cinema re-opened and I was working there.....since that training day I've heard it many times including on a tube platform.....I head straight for the exit.

"Mr sands" is the code for emergency or fire and the "please come to the "projection room / platform one etc" is the location of the emergency / fire.

Wikipedia is not definitive...about anything.

Bloody hell not another one

my cousin is a paramedic and she calls train suicides , ONE UNDERS i know it sounds cold but its just the paramedics way of dealing with it

ride safe

bad news.. hope the cyclist is ok.

dont they use 'customer' under the train now ?