Engineers investigated after walkway death of woman

Two maintenance engineers have been placed under formal investigation following the freak death of a British tourist at an Italian railway station.

Professor Sally Baldwin, 62, suffered horrific fatal injuries after she fell through a hole in a moving walkway – which was being repaired – and was killed instantly.

The tragedy happened in front of her shocked former ex husband Jack Baldwin while the two were on holiday in Rome last month and changing trains at the city’s Tiburtina station.

Investigating magistrate Roberto Staff formally placed Massimo Migotto, 37, and Sergio Marfurt, 29, under investigation on charges of manslaughter and grievous bodily harm.

The two men have told him that they had switched off power and placed barriers around the walkway to prevent it being used by passengers.

But when Scots born Professor Baldwin, who lectured at York University, stepped onto the walkway it was working and she fell through the hole left after five panels had been removed.

There was also no sign of any barriers the engineers claimed to have put up around the walkway and both will be questioned formally later this week.

Two other men were also injured in the tragedy as they went to help Professor Baldwin and they are still recovering in hospital.