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Seer Green rail crash - Interviews with survivors

Title
Seer Green rail crash - Interviews with survivors
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
Dec 1981
Year of production
1981
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Duration
00:05:01
Description
Report on the Seer Green rail crash (11/12/81) in which four people died. Begins with a first-person account by the reporter, who witnessed the bodies of the driver and a student being brought to Wexham Park Hospital. Also includes interviews with crash survivor Norman Wilkes, who said he was trapped for about half an hour; Mark Gabriel, who was travelling on the train with his brother, Nicky, and friend, Neil Hopkinson. His mother June is also interviewed about the condition of her son Nicky, who needed his jaw wired together following the accident. Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Norman Wilkes; Mark Gabriel; June Gabriel
Keywords
Accidents; Deaths; British Rail; Trains; Buckinghamshire; Railway accidents; Seer Green; Wexham Park Hospital; Nicky Gabriel; Neil Hopkinson

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