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A study of injuries sustained by passengers of Britain’s rail network found that 10 percent of the reported injuries involved the same person. The unnamed traveler reported a shoulder injury 49 times in a one-year period. “The injuries were reported at stations throughout the rail network, from Penzance to Edinburgh, sometimes twice in one day,” a Railtrack spokesman said. However, the passenger apparently was not trying to perpetrate fraud: he never asked for compensation. (Reuters) ...If someone would just get around to saying “sorry” he’ll go away happy.


Publication Date: 18 June 2000

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