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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 10 April 2016 - 10:11 AM

Metro, 4/10/16:

Several injured after train crashes into tractor


A train carrying 135 people has been involved in a collision with a tractor and trailer in rural Norfolk today.

The driver of the tractor suffered serious injuries in the collision and the train was damaged but remained on the tracks following the crash.


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Posted 22 April 2016 - 11:50 AM

BBC, 4/22/16:

Tractor hit by train in Norfolk had approval to cross line


The driver of a tractor which was hit by a train at nearly 85mph on a level crossing in Norfolk had been given permission to cross, a preliminary accident report has found.

The tractor driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the accident on 10 April near Thetford.


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Posted 29 April 2016 - 10:13 AM

Daily Mail, 4/29/16:

Passenger onboard a train which smashed into a tractor is offered just £4 compensation - because the rail company blamed HIM for not completing his journey


A passenger onboard a train that crashed claims to have been offered just £4 compensation - after the rail company blamed him for not completing his journey.

Wil Kitcher, 36, was in the front carriage of the train from Norwich to Cambridge, where he intended to change for London, when it crashed into a tractor, leaving him with severe whiplash.


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