Purley rail crash
- Title
- Purley rail crash
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 5 Mar 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:03:54
- Description
- Linda Duffin reports from Purley, South London on the serious train crash there. Includes eyewitness accounts from rescuers Fred Williams and Steve Little; survivor Martin Guilfile(?) tells of his experience on board; eyewitness local resident James Taylor. Transport Minister Michael Portillo has said itâs a miracle the deathtoll wasnât higher. For AM programme.
- Contributors
- Linda Duffin; Fred Williams; Steve Little; Martin Guilfile(?); James Taylor(?)
- Keywords
- London; Emergency services; Trains; Rescue work; Railway accidents; Accidental death; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988); Michael Portillo; AM (radio programme); Purley; Purley station railway accident (1989)
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