Cowden rail crash - Train driver’s body recovered

Title

Cowden rail crash - Train driver’s body recovered

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Oct 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:00:17

Description

The body of the driver of one of the trains which collided in Cowden, Kent over the weekend has finally been recovered from the wreckage. Harry Taybert(?) of Railtrack South explains how the operation was made more difficult because of the way the two trains were lying.Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Harry Taybert(?)

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; Kent; Railways; Railway accidents; Search and rescue operations; Train drivers; Cowden; Railtrack South

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