Carnage on the dawn express
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A Great Northern Eastern Railways train carrying almost 100 people collided with a Land Rover which had swerved off the M62 and onto the track at Great Heck in North Yorkshire, England. The train was derailed and crashed into a goods train travelling in the opposite direction. The incident left 13 people dead and more than 70 injured.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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A freak accident with fatal consequences: how the disaster of Great Heck unfolded
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The train crash at Great Heck in North Yorkshire, England, is explained. A Land Rover Discovery is believed to have suffered a tyre blow-out, causing it to swerve off the M62 and onto the track.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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Family of traumatised driver rejects theory that he fell asleep at the wheel
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Police are seeking to establish the cause of the rail crash in Great Heck, England, in which 13 people died and 70 were injured. The family of Gary Hart, whose Land Rover swerved off the M62 and landed on the track, deny that he fell asleep while driving.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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