Mother who lost arm and leg in Tube accident hails ‘milestone’ in legal action

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A mother-of-two who lost her right arm and leg after being hit by two Tube trains has hailed a “significant milestone” in her “journey towards justice” as her case against London Underground reached the High Court.

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00:00In September of 2022, 47-year-old Sarah Delagarde slipped on a platform at High Barnet Station

00:11in North London and fell down at the gap between the train and the platform. After being hit

00:18by two separate trains, she was taken to hospital and had to have an arm and a leg amputated.

00:25She now uses two prosthetic limbs. She is bringing a legal claim against London Underground

00:32Limited, which is of course part of Transport for London, with the first hearing in the case

00:39held at the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday for a breach of duty. A TfL spokesperson said

00:48that they were responding to a legal claim bought by Sarah Delagarde, but it was not

00:56appropriate to discuss details of their defence while this case is ongoing. They added our

01:04thoughts continue to be with Sarah and her family following this terrible incident and we will

01:11continue to make every possible effort to learn from any incident on the Tube network.

01:19I expect TfL's leadership to come and explain their position at trial in public. TfL can

01:27no longer defend my claim behind closed doors. It's time to confront some hard truths. TfL's

01:38initial reaction to my incident was to label me as a drunk woman and suggest it was all

01:43my fault. The spaceless claim has since been retracted, but not before they scrutinized everything

01:50down to my choice of footwear. I wore flat shoes, not high heels for the record. You know those

01:58TfL be kind posters which you see plastered across the city, that doesn't match how they've actually

02:05treated me. More bullying than kindness. This shows a big gap between what they say and what

02:12they do. Back in October last year Mayor Sadiq Khan specifically told TfL not to victim blame,

02:21it was revealed in court today that TfL continues to allege that this incident is entirely my fault.

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