Police officer dies after being hit by train while helping man on railway tracks

The police officer who was hit by a train while attempting to save a distressed man on the tracks in Nottinghamshire has died.

Nottinghamshire Police officers were deployed to a residential area in Balderton, near Newark-on-Trent, just before 7pm on Thursday, over concerns for a man’s safety. Sargeant Graham Saville was then hit by a train on the East Coast Mainline near Bulpit Lane level crossing, while the man he was trying to help was electrocuted. He died in hospital on Tuesday, the force said.