Transport Police appeal after train driver injured
British Transport Police have issued an urgent appeal for information after a driver was injured when someone threw 'an object' which smashed his window.
This was an incredibly irresponsible and dangerous act, which resulted in a train driver being injured.
It is beyond belief that anyone could throw objects at moving trains and we need to trace those responsible before their actions result in serious harm to rail staff or passengers.
If you were in the area at the time and saw anyone acting suspiciously, or know anything about the incident, then please get in touch as a matter of urgency.
– Detective Constable Trevor Wilson, British Transport Police
A spokesman for First Great Western trains has told ITV News Meridian that it was a 'miracle' that the driver was not more badly injured when a rock smashed through his window.
On the stretch of track that the train was driving along, the trains can go up to 85 miles-per-hour. I'm not exactly sure what speed the train was doing but it was enough that the object completely obliterated the driver's window. I'd hate to think what would have happend if the train had been going at full speed. The driver and the passengers had a very lucky escape. Understandibly the driver is very upset by the experience.
Train driver injured after 'rock' thrown from bridge
First Great Western Trains say that one of their drivers suffered serious cuts and bruises to his face after an object the size of a brick was thrown from a bridge.
The 'rock' smashed through the driver's window as the train made its way from Romsey to Salisbury.
The Portsmouth to Cardiff service was delayed by an hour. A doctor on board the train treated the injured driver and a South West Trains driver stepped in to take the locamotive to Salisbury.
Around 30 firefighters tackled a house fire near Romsey in the early hours of Sunday morning. It happened at Danes Road in Shootash around five thirty. It took two hours to bring the flames under control.
Police have named the teenager who died in a hit and run incident near Romsey last night. He was Steven James Johnson, who was 19 and of of Station Road in teh town.
Police are continuing their appeal for anyone who may have information on the whereabouts of a dark blue old style Vauxhall Astra Mark 3, registration prefix between K and S. The vehicle would have sustained damage to the windscreen and a smashed front offside headlight.
More than 50 firefighters tackle blaze at Stroud School in Romsey Credit: Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service
Hampshire Police investigating a fire started at a house in the grounds of a school in Hampshire say it may have been arson.
The house at Stroud School in Highwood Lane in Romsey was destroyed. A woman who lived in the house was rescued from the building. She is believed to be in her eighties, and was taken to hospital for treatment. Her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
More than fifty firefighters tackled the blaze at its height following the call at seven o'clock this morning.
Fire-damaged vehicle near the house fire Credit: Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service
Hampshire Police say their inquiries centre around a fire-damaged car that was parked near the property. Detectives are appealing for anyone who was in the Highwood Lane area between 5am - 7am this morning to call Eastleigh CID on 101 if they have information.
More than fifty firefighters fought a fire in the ground of Stroud School at Romsey in Hampshire this morning. A woman in her eighties was rescued. There are no reports of anyone being seriously injured. Hampshire Police are investigating.
More than 50 firefighters tackle blaze in school grounds
Around twenty firefighters tackled the blaze at Stroud School in Romsey Credit: Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service
An investigation is underway after a fire at a property in the grounds of Stroud School in Romsey. A woman in her eighties was led to safety after the alert shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. More than fifty firefighters from Romsey, Eastleigh, St Mary's and Redbridge attended the incident.
The fire was extinguished by 10am, but Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service crews remain at the scene damping down the site.
Station Manager Mickey Smither said: "The fire spread very quickly throughout the property. We had a shortage of water supply at the early stages of the fire because the hydrant supply was weak, which hindered fire fighting slightly.
"However, crews worked hard to run the hose reel, requested for the water board to increase the supply and immediately mobilised two water carriers."
Firefighters tackle blaze in Romsey Credit: Hampshire Fire & Rescue ServiceThe property was well alight, but the fire has been extinguished Credit: Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service
A woman believed to be in her eighties has been rescued from a fire at a two-storey building in the grounds of a school in Romsey, Hampshire.
Fire crews from Eastleigh, Romsey and Redbridge were called to Stroud School just after seven o'clock this morning. The house was well alight. Around twenty firefighters are at the scene. The woman is reported to be safe and well.
