Pensioner detained after walking on Redbridge Tube train tracks
Published:
2:30 PM September 21, 2010
Updated:
8:33 AM October 13, 2020
A PENSIONER has been detained under the Mental Health Act after trespassing on train tracks at Redbridge Tube station.
A PENSIONER has been detained under the Mental Health Act after trespassing on train tracks at Redbridge Tube station.
The 87-year-old woman, of Barkingside, has been taken to hospital with injuries to her hand after the British Transport Police (BTP) were alerted at 11.46am today.
A BTP spokesman said its officers attended the scene off Eastern Avenue, Redbridge, together with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service.
The line was handed back to London Underground at 12.23pm.
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There were delays to the Central line while the woman was detained.
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