Stonehaven derailment in Scotland, source: Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Fatal crash in Scotland: what went wrong at Stonehaven derailment

Stonehaven derailment in Scotland, source: Raidió Teilifís Éireann

A serious derailment in the North East of Scotland has claimed the lives of three people, injured many more, and left the community in the nearby fishing community of Stonehaven in shock. The main line down the East Coast of Scotland is blocked by a wrecked passenger train with power cars and carriages strewn across the tracks and countryside. Investigators have already begun the painstaking process of finding out what caused Britain’s first fatal rail crash in over a decade.

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Author: Simon Walton

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Stonehaven derailment in Scotland, source: Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Fatal crash in Scotland: what went wrong at Stonehaven derailment

Stonehaven derailment in Scotland, source: Raidió Teilifís Éireann

A serious derailment in the North East of Scotland has claimed the lives of three people, injured many more, and left the community in the nearby fishing community of Stonehaven in shock. The main line down the East Coast of Scotland is blocked by a wrecked passenger train with power cars and carriages strewn across the tracks and countryside. Investigators have already begun the painstaking process of finding out what caused Britain’s first fatal rail crash in over a decade.

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Author: Simon Walton

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