Warwickshire mum calling for more education around railway safety.

The family has launched a campaign film warning of the dangers of trespassing on the rail network.

Harrison Ballantyne was electrocuted in 2017 on a railway track
Author: Lia DesaiPublished 17th Oct 2022

A local mum will be sharing her story in schools across the UK - following her son's tragic death on a train track.

In 2017, 11-year-old Harrison Ballantyne died when he was hit by 25-thousand volts of electricity from overhead powerlines at a railyard on the Warwickshire boarder.

He was trying to recover his football at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal.

His mother, Liz Ballantyne, said the first presentation will take place at Harrison's former school.

She said: "I want to reach as far and wide as I can with this campaign.

"The next step is to go into schools within the next month."

Liz Ballantyne plans to share her story in school assemblies

Liz shared plans of setting up a charity in his memory.

She said she will ramp up work on it when the current campaign dies down.

The family, who live in a village near Rugby, recently worked with Network Rail to launch a safety video in his name.

The film, called Harrison's Story, forms part of the You vs Train campaign which aims to deter trespassing.

There have been nearly 19,500 trespass incidents on the rail network in the last year - the highest number recorded for five years.

A quarter of all incidents involved young people under the age of 18.

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