Date: 05/12/2019

Pair ^almost certainly wearing ear defenders^ and were not aware of train until too late. There were no formal lookouts when two experienced rail workers were hit and killed on a train mainline, a report has found. Gareth Delbridge, 64, and Michael ^Spike^ Lewis, 58, were struck on the south Wales mainline by a Swansea to London train on 3 July.

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No lookouts when train hit track workers in Wales, says RAIB report

The Guardian

Pair almost certainly wearing ear defenders and were not aware of train until too late

Interim report 01/2019: Track workers struck by a train at Margam

RAIB Report - Track workers struck by a train at Margam

Track workers struck by a train at Margam, South Wales, 3 July 2019.

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