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Barney Davis

HISTORICAL FACTS: Salisbury train crash leaves clearance delayed by engineering work - The Untold Story

Disruption following a train crash in Salisbury which left several people injured will continue for several days

(Picture: PA Wire)

Crushed leaves suspected of causing a crash between two passenger trains were not cleared because of engineering work, an investigation has found.

Thirteen passengers and one member of railway staff required treatment in hospital as a result of the Fisherton tunnel crash after a South Western Rail (SWR) train ran 220 metres past a stop signal before striking a second service.

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