Harrison Ballantyne died six years ago after he went into a freight terminal to get a football.
Harrison Ballantyne died in June 2017, after entering Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal to retrieve a footballThe family of an 11-year-old boy electrocuted at a rail depot six years ago have urged parents to teach children about rail safety.after entering Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal to retrieve a football.Harrison's mother, Liz Ballantyne, said she learnt the importance of teaching rail safety "too late".
She is urging parents and carers to talk to children about railway dangers before the school holidays so they "know how to keep themselves safe"."I taught him about stranger danger and to be careful around water, but I just hadn't realised that I needed to teach him about rail safety as there was no railway station near our village.
British Transport Police figures show 18,517 trespass incidents on railway land in the 2022-23 financial year - 14% higher than the number in 2019-20.Louise McNally, from Network Rail, said what happened to Harrison was a "powerful reminder of the devastating impact that trespass can have" to the trespasser, their loved ones and the community.
"It is important that we share his story and learn lessons from it so that we can ensure that another family does not suffer as the Ballantynes have," she said."Trespassing can result in devastating injuries or death," she said.W H Malcolm Limited, the operator of the rail freight depot, was
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