Cleveland Gervais who was blind died after falling from the platform at Eden Park station in Beckenham. An inquest has now found an absence of tactile paving ‘caused and contributed' to his death.
The absence of tactile paving ‘caused and contributed’ to the death of a blind charity volunteer who fell into the path of a train, an inquest jury has found.
Mr Gervais, who was from Trinidad and Tobago and lived in Lambeth, south London, used a walking stick, had 6% vision in one eye and no vision in the other. ‘I am grateful for the jury’s careful deliberations and welcome their findings that the lack of tactile paving, or any other adjustments for blind and visually impaired people, caused Cleveland’s death.‘I hope that from his death lessons will be learned and that rail stations will become a safer place for those with visual impairments.’The inquest was told previously that Mr Gervais fell from platform one at 7.05pm, but it was not until 7.28pm that paramedics were able to access the track.
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