Two held after woman pushed on track in smoking row

LONDON (Reuters) - Two men have been arrested after a woman was pushed onto the tracks at a railway station in a row over smoking, British Transport Police said on Wednesday.

Linda Buchanan, 58, could have been electrocuted on the live rail or hit by a train. Police said she was lucky to escape with her life. She suffered a fractured wrist and bruising to her legs.

She had been walking along the London-bound platform at Farningham Road station in Kent at about 7 a.m. last Wednesday when she was pushed onto the tracks by two men she had earlier spoken to about smoking at the station.

Smoking has been banned on station platforms since last year.

Police said they had spent many days trawling through CCTV images from stations between Farningham Road and London Victoria and had taken a number of statements from witnesses.

Officers arrested a 30 year-old man in Dartford, Kent, on Monday, later releasing him on police bail.

An 18-year-old man, also from Dartford, was arrested on Tuesday and remains in custody.

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(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Steve Addison)