BREAKING: An investigation has been launched after a person was seriously injured during an 'industrial accident' in Devon. The Oddicombe beach has been closed to the public while Devon and Cornwall police investigate.
A person has died following an ‘industrial incident’ at a clifftop railway popular with tourists.Little information is currently known about the victim, who sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident happened shortly after 10am yesterday and Oddicombe beach beneath it, and the road leading to it, remain closed.The person’s next of kin has also been notified. The matter has been referred to the Health and Safety Executive, which is assisting Devon and Cornwall Police with its enquiries.Police remain at the scene in Devon today The railway, which was opened in 1926, travels 700ft up and down a cliff from Babbacombe Downs to Oddicombe beach.Funicular means the two carts are connected to each other as counterbalances, meaning as one ascends, the other descends at an equal speed.