Trains made to drive over body

LONDON - Up to 20 rush-hour train drivers were ordered to drive over the body of a young woman lying between railway tracks to…

LONDON - Up to 20 rush-hour train drivers were ordered to drive over the body of a young woman lying between railway tracks to avoid delays, it has emerged.

The body of the 28-year-old, who was believed to have committed suicide on the line near Billericay in south-east England, lay on the track for four hours last month while passenger-laden trains ran over the top, train company Great Eastern confirmed.

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