Passenger dies from heart attack on train and sits there for FIVE HOURS before anyone noticed
- A passenger suffered heart attack on a train from Manchester to Bournemouth
- The man, 60, was discovered by a train cleaner more than five hours later
- Coronavirus rules mean train staff are not allowed to interact with passengers
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
A passenger who suffered a heart attack on a cross country train from Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth sat dead for more than five hours before being discovered.
The man, 60, boarded the 18:27 cross country train at the start of its journey and was due to disembark eight minutes later at Stockport but was left in his seat for 250 miles until the final stop on Saturday.
Train staff are no longer allowed to interact with passengers during train journeys due to restrictions introduced to restrict the spread of coronavirus meaning the man was only found at the depot in Bournemouth by a cleaner.
The cross country train covers 250 miles across 18 stops and more than five hours
A passenger died of a heart attack on a train after leaving Manchester Piccadilly Station
The cross country train departed Manchester Piccadilly Station at 18;27pm
A source told The Sun: ‘Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, conductors have been ordered not to interact with passengers.
‘They are not walking through carriages checking tickets and making sure everyone is OK, as they usually do.
‘Their only task is to despatch trains safely. They spend the rest of the journey at the rear in their office.
‘This poor fellow was dead on the train five hours before being found, which is heartbreaking in a civilised society.’
The new policy also resulted in an elderly passenger suffering from dementia, who was travelling from Birmingham New Street to Exeter in a two hour, 30 minute journey, missing her stop and ending up in Plymouth more than an hour away.
The body was not discovered for more than five hours, 250 miles away at Bournemouth Station