Passengers 'self-evacuate' train when man begins quoting the Bible
A man quoting passages from the Bible prompted fellow passengers on a rush-hour train to force open the doors and climb onto the tracks, causing long delays.
Police said the rail power lines were cut as passengers 'self-evacuated' the Shepperton-Waterloo train as it waited outside Wimbledon at 8:30am. Some trains were cancelled or delayed up to an hour and service through the area was disrupted until lunch time as a result.
The incident was narrated by a fellow passenger, Ian, over Twitter: 'Held up on a train to Waterloo, some nutter starts reciting verses of the Bible, causes a crush and a panic as people fear for their lives'
'He recited lines about homosexuality and sex outside marriage being a sin....
David Parsons | 9/25/2013
