Emergency service confusion as blind man lay dying on the tracks

The London Fire Brigade followed a ‘lack of clarity’ from other emergency services while attempting to rescue a visually impaired man who had been hit by a train, an inquest heard. Cleveland Gervais, 53, was struck when he fell onto the tracks shortly after 7pm at Eden Park station in southeast London on 26 February 2020, an inquest heard. Following his fall, Mr Gervais was under the third carriage of the stopped train close to two live rails. Once it…