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Title: Train driver seriously hurt in Leicestershire train crash - 1 February 2008 Post by: Conner on February 01, 2008, 11:08:27 A train driver has been seriously hurt in after a train hit a fallen footbridge.
The driver had to be cut free. None of the six passengers on board were injured. This happened on the 06:31 Nottingham-Norwich East Midland Trains service formed of 158856. More in these links: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7221590.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7221590.stm) http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkjxrjQB6vaqJ1hgFGmxxOmtoPpg (http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkjxrjQB6vaqJ1hgFGmxxOmtoPpg) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7221590.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7221590.stm) http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/33464/Train-crash-driver-in-serious-condition (http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/33464/Train-crash-driver-in-serious-condition) Title: Re: Train driver seriously hurt in Leicestershire train crash - 1 February 2008 Post by: smithy on February 01, 2008, 20:48:16 it is good to see no fatalities as is normally the case with incidents like this.
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