Re: English Railway Accident

[Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org>]

"Rod [comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com> wrote:

> The towing vehicle braked suddenly on an icy road to avoid the stopping cars
> ahead, and slid in beside the car he was about to rear end, hitting the
> railing quite hard, the Rover left the trailer, cleared the guard rails down
> the bank, and was stopped by the ballast and track.

Nice theory but it doesn't fit the picture of all three vehicles
beside the track with the undamaged Renualt in close proximity to the
undamaged trailer, still attached to the wrecked Land Rover.

> Has anyone heard of "an act of GOD!"

Apparently in French there are very substantial safety fences where
motorways cross rail lines, so its not like it was completely
unforeseeable.

Cheers,

Bill


Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia