A 46-year-old London woman who had her arm and leg amputated in 2022 during a serious accident on the London Underground has today filed a lawsuit against the British capital’s transport operator, alleging gaps in the network’s safety her.

Almost a year and a half after her accident, Sarah de Lagarde appealed against the public agency TfL (Transport for London) at the High Court in London, her lawyer, Thomas Jervis, told AFP.

The Briton, who now wears prosthetic limbs, including a “bionic” arm, after her amputation, told reporters that London’s transport company had an “outdated” approach to safety and refused to accept responsibility. “on a moral and judicial” level in this accident.

While walking home from work, Sarah de Lagarde slipped on the wet platform at High Barnet station in north London and fell into the gap between a stopped train and the platform.

The first train injured her, she screamed for help while standing on the tracks without anyone hearing her, before a second train passed and hit her 15 minutes later.

The woman escaped death, but had to have one of her arms and legs amputated when she was taken to hospital.

“There were no staff on the dock and no one was looking at the security camera footage. No one responded to my calls for help,” she described today.

The plaintiff disputes the conclusions of Transport for London, which initially claimed she was drunk and wearing high heels, which she denies, before declaring after an investigation that it was a “sad and isolated series of events”, according to the same.

“An independent and full investigation into TfL’s procedures must be carried out in order to learn lessons from this incident,” the woman continued, confirming that “hundreds of people” who have been injured on the London Underground have contacted her since her accident.

Sarah de Lagarde is also asking to meet Labor London mayor Sadiq Khan, who chairs TfL’s board.

But, “Sadi’s office