Train Incident
On Thursday, 17 June 2010, David Ruffley suffered minor injuries after falling into the path of an oncoming train at Victoria Station, London. He missed the live rail and the train safely passed over him, inflicting only cuts and bruises. The police treated the incident as "non-suspicious". Ruffley was reported to have been suffering from depression at the time and was granted sick leave to recover. He returned to work in October 2010.
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