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2nd November 2020, 12:13
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Dutch Metro train crash
A Dutch Metro train has crashed through the buffer stops at De Akkers station, Spijkenisse in the Netherlands, coming to rest precariously perched on a piece of sculpture in the shape of a whale's tail!
Fortunately, the driver was the only person on board and had to be rescued and thankfully only suffering from shock. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-...train-22942921 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-25ft-air.html https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/1...ng-into-water/ There are some who are suggesting that this was staged as a publicity stunt, but it seems to have been widely reported as a genuine accident. Tony 
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2nd November 2020, 14:34
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My colleagues tell me it ran through the stops. If so, it's bloody stupid place to put a set of buffer stops.
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2nd November 2020, 20:38
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Report from BBC with some different photos:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54780430 And from Sky news: https://news.sky.com/story/rotterdam...water-12121793 Report & video from itv news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54780430 Tony
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3rd November 2020, 03:40
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I imagine that the incident investigation report will appear here at some stage.
https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/en/pag...FjZXRzIjp7fX0= I am wondering if the thing had the wheel slide detector system. Steve.
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