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2nd January 2009, 16:01
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Fatal crash plane hits rail line (BBC News)
A light aircraft crashes near the West Coast Main Line in Staffordshire, killing at least one person and disrupting trains.
More from BBC News... 
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2nd January 2009, 19:56
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Since confirmed as two dead. Very close to houses and a second line, but still a miracle no train was travelling along there at the time.
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3rd January 2009, 10:11
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Sounds now that there were three fatalities.
It seems to be an unlucky stretch of line as the site is within a few yards of the crash 20 or so years ago at Colwich Junction when two Inter-City expresses collided when there were also fatalities.
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3rd January 2009, 10:24
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Just to clarify, the Colwich Junction accident was on 19th September 1986 when a Euston - Manchester train hauled by 86429 ran through a red light taking it towards the Stoke line and into the path of a Liverpool - Euston train coming from Stafford and hauled by 86211.
Although there were almost 900 passengers on the two trains and the scene was one of devastation, there was only one fatality - sadly the completely innocent driver of the Liverpool train. Interestingly, despite the havoc, the line was reopened on 23rd September although it was 6th October before a new diamond crossing could be constructed to enable the link to the Stoke line to be used.
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