New financial target set for fundraising for hero Nottinghamshire Police officer seriously injured saving a man’s life on the East Coast Mainline at Balderton as £50,000 is raised

A £50,000 fundraising target to help out a hero police officer hit by a train while saving a life has been beaten in a little over three days.

The page was set up by ex-Nottinghamshire Police sergeant Dan Fletcher on Saturday to raise funds for the Newark-based officer who was hit by a train on the East Cost Mainline on the evening of Thursday of last week as he saved the life of a distressed person.

The officer was left with very serious life-changing injuries following the incident at the Bulpit Lane level crossing at Balderton.

The man the officer saved suffered electrocution injuries that were said to be non-life changing.

At the time of publishing, 3,044 people had donated £56,050 towards what is now a £100,000 target.