Live Cable Terror On Rail Platform ; Passengers Flee in Panic As 25,000 Volt Cable Snaps at St Pancras

Evening Standard - London › September 24, 2009

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PASSENGERS getting off a Eurostar train fled in terror as a live overhead cable fell inches away from them.

The 25,000-volt cable collapsed as the 5.13pm from Paris to London drew into platform nine at St Pancras International yesterday. Travellers screamed as it snaked uncontrollably across the platform, showering sparks and narrowly missing them.

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Live Cable Terror On Rail Platform ; Passengers Flee in Panic As 25,000 Volt Cable Snaps at St Pancras

One passenger, Michael Stirling said: "I was just helping someone o...

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