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Title: M5 crash driver avoids rail line (22 April 2009) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 23, 2009, 21:32:14 Quote A driver was just a couple of metres from crashing onto railway tracks after his car left the M5 and tumbled down a bank. The man was airlifted to hospital following the incident and trains running on the line were immediately suspended. Police, ambulance and fire crews and highways officials attended the incident, which happened between Tiverton and Cullompton. The man had been travelling northbound on the motorway when his silver Mondeo left the road and ended up down a bank and through a field before stopping close to railway tracks at around 10.45am (on Wednesday). Trains running on the line were disrupted as emergency services were given access to the area to rescue the motorist. Network Rail closed one line of the track, suspending trains running to London. It was reopened at around 1pm. Police say it is not known how the man came to leave the motorway. See http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/M5-crash-driver-avoids-rail-line/article-925712-detail/article.html Title: Re: M5 crash driver avoids rail line (22 April 2009) Post by: Electric train on April 23, 2009, 22:12:51 If it had been the train that left the tracks and went onto the motorway this story would have been the lead story on the news at 6
Title: Re: M5 crash driver avoids rail line (22 April 2009) Post by: eightf48544 on April 23, 2009, 22:22:13 I thought after Heck the Highways Agency were supposed to put up barriers where there was any chance of a road vehicle coming off the road onto a rail line.
Reading the report he must have going pretty fast as it implies he crossed a field after leaving the motorway. If it had been the train that left the tracks and went onto the motorway this story would have been the lead story on the news at 6 Yes dead right. 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 |