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A man who stumbled and fell on to tracks at a London Underground station while drunk before being struck by seven Jubilee line trains died accidentally, an inquest has concluded.
Brian Mitchell, 72, was killed by a train terminating at Stratford in east London on 26 December 2023 at 14:50 GMT, East London Coroner’s Court heard. The emergency brakes were not applied by any of the four incoming train operators (TOs).
CCTV showed Mr Mitchell trying to climb back on to the platform for about a minute at 14:45 before appearing to lie down on the tracks. He had 272mg of alcohol in his system, more than three times the legal driving limit.
Claire Mann, Transport for London (TfL)’s chief operating officer, said: “We will respond to the coroner’s prevention of future deaths report and are taking action to prevent incidents like this from happening again.”