Overview
- The Rail Accident Investigation Branch concluded Jaiden Shehata was probably looking at his phone when he entered the Bourneview footpath crossing.
- Investigators cited CCTV showing a glowing screen in his hands and phone data indicating a short video clip was playing at the time.
- The crossing had no active warning systems such as lights or barriers, which the RAIB identified as a probable causal factor.
- Network Rail had proposed installing warning lights two years earlier, with the work now scheduled to be completed in March next year.
- Jaiden’s parents reject the focus on distraction and blame delayed safety improvements, while the rail regulator says it found no health and safety law breaches and will oversee RAIB recommendations.