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13/07/2007
Rail worker arrested over Cumbrian train crash
A Network rail employee has been arrested by police investigating the Cumbrian train crash in which an elderly woman died.
The 46-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and released on bail until October 31 according to the British Transport Police (BTP).
The crash on February 23 saw a Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Glasgow Central in Scotland derail on a remote stretch of track near Penrith.
84-year-old Margaret Masson died and dozens were injured in the crash.
Police said it was a miracle no one else was killed.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), said faults with the points caused the train to tilt and could not follow its intended path over the tracks which caused it to derail.
In an investigation, carried out by the RAIB, one of three stretcher bars, which keep the rails apart at a points intersection, was missing and two others were fractured. It found that bolts used to secure the lock bar and another stretcher bar were not in place. Some missing nuts and washers were found nearby; others were not.
The investigators found no indication that the bolts had been wrenched free.
The train's driver, Iain Black, was hailed as a hero for staying at the controls during the accident. He spent two hours trapped inside the cab before being rescued, and was in hospital for some time with serious head, neck and back injuries.
A total of 111 passengers and four staff were on the nine-carriage train.
(CD)
The 46-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and released on bail until October 31 according to the British Transport Police (BTP).
The crash on February 23 saw a Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Glasgow Central in Scotland derail on a remote stretch of track near Penrith.
84-year-old Margaret Masson died and dozens were injured in the crash.
Police said it was a miracle no one else was killed.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), said faults with the points caused the train to tilt and could not follow its intended path over the tracks which caused it to derail.
In an investigation, carried out by the RAIB, one of three stretcher bars, which keep the rails apart at a points intersection, was missing and two others were fractured. It found that bolts used to secure the lock bar and another stretcher bar were not in place. Some missing nuts and washers were found nearby; others were not.
The investigators found no indication that the bolts had been wrenched free.
The train's driver, Iain Black, was hailed as a hero for staying at the controls during the accident. He spent two hours trapped inside the cab before being rescued, and was in hospital for some time with serious head, neck and back injuries.
A total of 111 passengers and four staff were on the nine-carriage train.
(CD)
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