The driver of one of the trains, containing many teenagers and families returning home after half term, was trapped in his cab while others on board broke noses and feet as well as suffering severe cuts and bruises. But remarkably no one was killed. We are literally on our side' before zooming in on an injured man and saying: 'That guy's face is mashed'.
Another survivor declared: 'It was really scary, lots of people started taking videos saying 'mum and dad, I love you', scared they were going to die'. Those on board the trains described a huge bang like a 'bomb going off' when the collision happened, followed by flying glass, sparks from the grinding metal and even tables flying across the carriages. Firefighters and paramedics rescued around people, including a three-week-old baby. Abigail Taylor was on the first train and said that it was in the tunnel for around five minutes before it was struck by the second train.
She added: 'We stopped in the tunnel and then the train just jolted several times and it was clear something wasn't right, it was almost like turbulence on a plane but worse. People were saying there was a tree that had fallen, which was why we had derailed, and something happened to the signals, which was why we got hit by another train.
But I don't know if that was accurate or not. It was a miracle no one was killed'. Downing Street said the Prime Minister's thoughts were with those injured in the Salisbury train crash but the Government was investing to ensure the railway network remained 'one of the safest in the world'.
A No 10 spokesman said: 'The Rail Accident Investigation Branch RAIB have been deployed to the site and are conducting forensic investigations, obviously the Prime Minister's thoughts remain with those who were affected by the incident.
Royal Navy sailor Morgan Harris, who was travelling from London Waterloo back to his base in Yeovil, said he was thrown from his seat due to the impact of the huge crash.
The year-old Able Seaman said: 'It was all going along normally then, all of a sudden, there was this massive bang and all of the lights went out. There was sparks and flames from where we had come off the track, and there was a load of ash coming from outside. Our train was on its side I was thrown out of my seat and banged against the table. Witnesses described hearing a massive bang 'like a bomb going off' as two trains collided in the tunnel near Salisbury last night.
A local resident living near the tunnels said she was out with her children celebrating hallowe'en when they heard the noise of the train crash which she liked to thunder or a bomb going off.. Tamar Vellacott told reporters that she was out with her children and mother celebrating hallowe'en at the time of the crash. It did spook us though, so we decided to get in our car and drive home.
Three police cars passed us at speed. Peter Golden, 52, from Laverstock, Wiltshire, said the collision 'sounded like something big collapsing - the sound of things falling into each other'. Passenger Dimitri Popa, from Romania, was travelling on the train from London to Sherborne when the terrifying crash occurred.
The 17 year old said: 'It all happened so fast I was just sitting in the first carriage and there was a huge crash. Then I saw the flames and got pretty scared, and all the lights went out.
The carriage was 45 degrees to the right. We didn't know where we were or anything A young woman living in one of the houses closest to Fisherton Tunnel, where the crash occurred and the two trains remain, has told of her horror as she watched girls as young as 15 suffered from broken bones. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said: 'There were two girls I saw sitting just across the bridge. I saw them from one of the bedroom windows in my house.
They were sat on the bank across from our house and one of the girls looked like she had broken her foot. I would guess they were around 15 years old. There were a lot of young people on the train. Speaking to MailOnline on condition of anonymity, a senior Network Rail engineer claimed that when the GWR train collided with an object and derailed, there should be an 'automatic obstruction warning' to stop any train entering that same mile-long stretch. The system says that the line is not safe for the passage of another train because there is an obstruction on the line,' they said, adding: 'According to my system, the signalling system was aware seven minutes before impact.
It should've automatically stopped the train. It should've automatically set all signals to red. If the driver didn't see the signal, the system should've made the train stop. The whistleblower added: 'I've realised for a number of years there has been numerous failures within [Network Rail]' and said they had feared an incident like this would happen 'for the past two years'.
A 'small number' of people were taken to hospital, while the 'walking wounded' were cared for at a nearby church where local people offered support in the form of blankets, food, drinks and first aid. Officials declared it a 'critical' incident as observers claimed it was a miracle nobody was killed.
A major rail accident investigation is underway and experts will look at why signals that should have turned red to stop the approaching train well in advance seemingly suffered a 'major' flaw and let the second train through, MailOnline has been told.
It is also possible that the derailed train my have knocked out the signalling in the area when it derailed. Witnesses told of hearing a sound 'like a bomb going off' as the crash, one of the most serious in recent years on the UK rail network, unfolded. One woman who was on board told of her terror as she was thrown around the crashing train. Angela Mattingly, who was on the SWR train, said: 'Everything went black and there were red flashes and everything.
You just don't know for a couple of seconds what's happening. People started to panic but nobody was seriously injured'. Last night a British Transport Police officer said the driver and a small number of people had been taken to hospital. Speaking to Sky News, Inspector Mullah Hoque said they would remain on scene throughout the night to establish what happened.
He said: 'Most of these people are walking wounded, however a small number, including the driver, have been taken to a hospital where their injuries are being assessed. Tamar Vellacott said she was walking outside with her young children, mother and partner on Jewell Close, Bishopdown, around a kilometre from the scene. An injured man on one of the trains caught up in the horror smash in Salisbury last night left. People were laying on the floor of one of the carriages right with cuts, suspected fractures and broken noses with some calling loved ones fearing they would die.
Images taken from on board the derailed SWR train showed it at a degree angle in the tunnel after the collision. Emergency crews rushed to the scene at Fisherton Tunnel between Andover and Salisbury following the collision at around 6. The entrance to Fisherton Tunnel near Salisbury. The rear carriage of a GWR train from Portsmouth to Bristol derailed after most of the train had entered the tunnel on the track that emerges from the left of this image.
The SWR train then collided with it having approached the tunnel from the track that runs under the road this image is taken from. The rear of the GWR train was shunted into the tunnel wall at the left of the entrance, while the SWR train derailed more fully and crossed on to the right-side of the tunnel on a degree angle.
The drama unfolded in Fisherton Tunnel, a major junction joining two lines as they approach Salisbury from the south and from the east. Firstly the Great Western Rail service from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads, which entered the junction from the south, hit an object the tunnel — possibly material that fell from the tunnel roof, sources said — and the rear carriage derailed. The train had been due into Salisbury at pm but bad weather was causing delays across the rail network.
Seven minutes later at around 6. For some reason signals had not alerted the driver of the obstruction — or had failed to stop his train if he missed the red lights. The SWR train smashed into the stationary GWR service in the tunnel, derailed itself and skidded along the inside of the tunnel at degrees, apparently being held up by the tunnel wall.
Its driver was trapped in his mangled cab and needed to be cut free by emergency workers. Only the last carriage remained upright. Tamar Vellacott told reporters that she was walking with her young children around half a mile from the scene when they heard the crash. The engineer added that the incident would not have been avoidable if the oncoming train was too close to the derailed GWR, but given the seven-minute warning this could not have been the case.
Emergency services said they would remain at the scene of the collision through the night and it would be days before services could resume. A fleet of ambulances waiting at the scene of the collision. Most of those injured were described as 'walking wounded' however a 'small number' including one driver were take to hospital for checks. Police set up road blocks around the site of the crash.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said investigations into the crash would be undertaken in order to help prevent similar 'serious' incidents in future. Locals who live around a mile away described hearing a massive bang 'like a bomb going off' as the trains collided. Peter Golden, 52, from Laverstock, Wiltshire, said: 'There is a deep cutting leading to a tunnel on the approach to Salisbury Station from the east and it looks like the collision is there.
With the windy day we've had I first thought it was a big gust of wind that has knocked something heavy over. It wasn't till the helicopter arrived on station over the tunnel that I realised what I had heard. The majority of the casualties were from this car. Evacuation was difficult and slow. Someone ran to the Kroehler furniture factory across the street and called the fire department emergency responders.
The death toll was 47, and injuries totaled The cause of the accident was determined to be "insufficient warning of a stopped train. New regulations were applied, and now the top speed is 79 miles per hour.
Naperville's population numbered 5, at that time. Most of them rushed to the scene, and many older residents have vivid recollections of that day. The insulation from the train cars blanketed the village like snow.
A temporary morgue was set up in the Kroehler building. Students from nearby North Central College became litter-bearers. Those students would be in their mids today. Friends of mine who lived on the east side of Aurora tell about following the tracks to Naperville, and walking to the site of the wreckage. Rescue crews worked throughout the night to get everybody out.
Montgomery was the scene of another horrible train disaster that occurred on September 27 of , at p. Four people were killed and forty-three were injured. Three of the dead were crewmembers who died instantly, and the fourth crewmember died later at a hospital. There were passengers on the two trains. The accident occurred when the Rock Island train, eastbound from Los Angeles, used the Burlington tracks because a bridge was out on its own line.
Chris Stathis was a railroad buff and a part time dispatcher for the fire department. He and his wife Eunice lived at the corner of Railroad and Jefferson streets.
His childhood home was a few blocks north on Railroad Street, and as a lifelong resident there, he was thoroughly familiar with all of the train whistles and railroad sounds. The sound of an unfamiliar train whistle, that of the Rock Island train which was stopped, woke him. He hurried to the window and saw the "sweeping light of an oncoming train.
The collision sounded like thunder to him, and he watched as the Rhode Island engine went airborne and landed on top of the Burlington Diesel. The accident scene was south of the Montgomery depot off Webster Street. In one photo, a car can be seen in the backyard of the Beyer home on Railroad Street. The Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department was at the scene immediately.
Other fire and sheriff departments responded. Twenty ambulances and rescue trucks were used to transport the injured to nearby hospitals. A tow truck was used to free the fireman from the Burlington locomotive. He did not survive. His friend lost his life in the crash. You may recognize the names, as they are now street names in the newer developments around town. Other people who served the village in past years are similarly honored. There is no list available of the men who were at that crash, but the minutes show that they were recognized for their outstanding service at the following meeting.
Several men, who were among the younger firemen at the time, are still living in village. A lengthy investigation into the cause of the accident revealed that it was a result of confusion in the switching process, which was being upgraded and required some temporary special operations with the interlocking levers.
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