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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

MYSTERIOUS: Network rail admits health and safety failings over fatal stonehaven crash - What They Never Told You

Emergency services inspecting the scene of the derailment.
Emergency services inspecting the scene of the derailment. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Media

The partner of a train conductor killed in a fatal derailment near Stonehaven said the crash turned her life upside down, after Network Rail admitted in court it was to blame for a series of failures over the crash.

Trish Ewen, 59, was speaking after Network Rail on Thursdayacknowledged a series of failures that led to the high-speed train crashing in August 2020 into a landslide, killing three people including her partner, Donald Dinnie.

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