Mother of boy killed on railway launches safety film

The mother of a boy who was electrocuted at a rail depot has launched a film to warn of the dangers of trespassing on the rail network.

Liz Ballantyne worked with Network Rail to create the video that sees a young actor play her son.

It recreates what happened on the last day of her son's life.

Eleven-year-old Harrison Ballantyne was playing football with his friends in a public area near the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in 2017.

When the ball was kicked too far he tried to retrieve it; he climbed over a fence onto a rail freight where he received an electric shock from an overhead cable.

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