Hixon rail crash
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hixon-rail-crash-228-3406348
title:
Hixon rail crash
text:
On 6 January 1968, a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by a British Rail express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England. The collision resulted in 11 deaths and 45 people injured, and led to improvements in signage around automatic level crossings.
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encyclopedia
description:
Fatal collision at a level crossing in 1968
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hixon_rail_crash
date created:
2005-02-09T19:51:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T14:40:03Z
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