Murdoch Young

Died

30 July 1885

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

North British Railway Police

Cause

Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

The officer was on duty on the railway at Tay Bridge, Dundee, near the Goods Yard, when he was hit be a passing van and seriously injured. He was taken to the infirmary where he had a leg amputated but he died the following day.

Died in the infirmary after having a leg amputated as a consequence of being seriously injured the previous day, when he was struck by a passing van while on duty on the railway at Tay Bridge, near the Goods Yard, in Dundee.