Two people are found dead on railway tracks near London Stadium in the middle of the night after being electrocuted

Two people have been found dead in the middle of the night near London Stadium after being electrocuted.

Police came across the first victim at 1am and the second at 2.31am, while a witness overlooking the busy morning commuter line in Statford described seeing flames and smoke on the tracks.

It is not known why the two people were on the line and police are yet to determine their gender.

Last year, three graffiti artists were killed by a train when they walked down tracks near Loughborough Station in south London.

The families of Alberto Fresneda Carrasco, 19, and 23-year-olds Jack Gilbert and Harrison Scott-Hood gave a joint statement saying 'a love of painting' was the only thing they were guilty of.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6833923/Two-people-dead-railway-tracks-near-Stratford-electrocuted.html

Last year, three graffiti artists were killed by a train when they walked down tracks near Loughborough Station in south London.

The families of Alberto Fresneda Carrasco, 19, and 23-year-olds Jack Gilbert and Harrison Scott-Hood gave a joint statement saying 'a love of painting' was the only thing they were guilty of.

When you're young you do daft things, and never think you might die. But to dismiss the fact that they were trespassing on BR property and in terrible danger of death, putting the onus on their creativity being all they were guilty of, seems symptomatic of our times. Like it wasn't their fault they went to a place they knew they shouldn't be and put themselves at terrible risk?