Network Rail and the British Transport Police (BTP) have teamed up with Worksop creative agency Storycatchers to develop a powerful behaviour change film that tells the true story of an 11-year-old boy who died by electrocution.
The film aims to raise awareness of the unexpected dangers around the railway.
On June 27, 2017, Harry Potter-loving, football-mad Harrison Ballantyne was out playing with his friends when he was hit by 25,000 volts of electricity at a rail freight depot.
There was nothing his friends and paramedics could do to save him, and Ballantyne died at the scene.
Network Rail, BTP and Storycatchers worked closely with Harrison’s parents to cast a talented young actor and develop script that allowed the youngster to tell the story of his last day on earth himself, with all the warmth, energy and charm of an unstoppable 11-year-old force of nature.
