Selby rail crash
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title:
Selby rail crash
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The Selby rail crash was a railway accident that occurred on 28 February 2001 near Great Heck, Selby, North Yorkshire when a passenger train collided with a car which had crashed down a motorway embankment onto the railway line. The passenger train then collided with an oncoming freight train. Ten people died, including the drivers of the two trains, and 82 were injured. It remains the worst rail disaster of the 21st century in the United Kingdom. The driver of the car, Gary Hart, was convicted
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2001 rail crash in North Yorkshire, England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selby_rail_crash
date created:
2004-11-08T17:17:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T12:36:18Z
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