The dangers of headphones

"As I came round the bend I saw two people at the gate and another on a bike
just starting to cross the tracks.
"He didn't look left or right, there was no reaction - not even at the point
of impact."

Mr Thayer told the hearing that he had sounded the warning horn on the train
at a specified point around 500 metres from the crash site, as a warning to
pedestrians.

When he rounded the bend, he sounded the horn again when he saw Mr Dawn on
the line.

He then deployed the emergency break and sounded the horn for a third time
but Mr Dawn did not look up, the inquest at Nottingham's Council House was
told today.

Mr Butler said they had parted to let Mr Dawn go past them on the footpath
and had heard music coming from his headphones as he went by.

Mr Butler said: "He stopped at the gate and put a foot on the floor and
pulled the gate open and started to ride onto the tracks. We were about
three metres behind him when I heard the sound of the train approaching. I
ran after him onto the track and I was going to try and pull him away from
the train, but Grant grabbed me and pulled me back. We were shouting at the
top of our voices to warn him and then the train went past."

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