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« on: September 16, 2014, 20:56:49 »
From the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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A driver has escaped injury after her car collided with a train.

British Transport Police said the 67-year-old woman went through a level crossing barrier at Datchet, Berkshire, at 06:05 BST.

Her Volkswagen Golf collided with a train travelling from Clapham to Windsor and Eton Riverside station, where it was due to come into service.

A police spokesman said the woman was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and is in custody.

The train's driver and guard were not hurt. Passengers are facing delays because of the incident.

South West Trains' services were unable to run between Windsor and Eton Riverside and London Waterloo until 15:00 BST.

British Transport Police said the incident would be the subject of a Rail Accident Investigation Branch inquiry.

An ITV News video report has some images from the scene, including one of the damaged car:
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2014-09-16/car-crashes-into-train-on-level-crossing/
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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2014, 22:30:50 »
Oh, I do like the ITV News caption to this one:

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Engineers asses the damage after a car crashed into train on level crossing at Datchet Credit: Jack Tindall

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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2014, 22:55:37 »
I don't understand why Meridian reported this news item. Datchet, Windsor and Staines are well within the London ITV area. It's not the first time I've seen them publish stories online that are out of their area and would be more suited to London ITV who for whatever reason do not publish it on their website. No idea if ITV London show it on the telly though.

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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2014, 09:20:19 »
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The car involved in the crash at a level crossing has been recovered. The 67-year-old female driver of a VW Golf smashed through barriers at Mays Crossing, Datchet, Berkshire and collided with a train at around 6.05am.

Looks as though the car was driven through the lowered gates and into the train (hence damage to *front* of car. Hence the caption in the photo above rings true to me. Car collided with (passing) train.
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« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2014, 10:05:09 »
Caption does indeed ring true. Apart from the typo, which I've no doubt was what CfN was referring to. Cheesy
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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2014, 10:20:20 »
aaah......missed that! yes, you are probably right!
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