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Title: Dunragit level crossing crash driver hurt - 7 October 2012 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 07, 2012, 18:05:36 From the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-19865251):
Quote (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63346000/gif/_63346712_dunragit_dumfries_1012.gif) The crash was on a level crossing at Dunragit close to the A75 road from Dumfries to Stranraer A teenage driver and 12 rail passengers have been injured after a level crossing crash in south west Scotland. A train struck a car at Dunragit Village about five miles east of Stranraer at about 13:45. The 18-year-old driving the car has been seriously injured and taken to Glasgow for specialist treatment. The injured passengers on the train - which operates between Glasgow, Ayr and Stranraer - were not thought to be seriously hurt. They have been taken by a fleet of ambulances to hospital in Stranraer for examination and treatment. Most are thought to be suffering from shock and bruising. The site is only a few hundred yards from the main A75 Gretna to Stranraer trunk road at Little Genoch, Dunragit village. The car struck by the train was a Mitsubishi Shogun 4x4. It is thought to have been driven from Glasgow to Stranraer. The driver of the train was taken to Stranraer along with the passengers, but is not thought to be seriously hurt. The railway line between Ayr and Stranraer has been closed while investigations are carried out into the collision. Dumfries and Galloway Police have asked anyone who saw the crash to contact them. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |