Article 6RNHH Train involved in fatal crash in Wales ‘entered wheel slide when braking’

Train involved in fatal crash in Wales ‘entered wheel slide when braking’

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Steven Morris, Gwyn Topham and Jamie Grierson
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A man in his 60s died and 15 others were injured after a head-on collision between Talerddig and Llanbrynmair

Rail investigators believe a train involved in the first head-on collision in the UK this century, which killed a passenger in his 60s, may have entered into a wheel slide when braking".

A further 15 people were treated in hospital after the collision between the Welsh villages of Talerddig and Llanbrynmair on the largely single-track Cambrian line.

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