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02/03/2004
Two arrested over deaths of rail maintenance workers
Two people have been arrested over the incident last month in which a runaway railway wagon ploughed into a group of maintenance crew, killing four instantly.
A 42-year-old from Anglesey and a 27-year-old from Kent were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and are being held at a Lancashire police station.
On Sunday February 15, the trolly-wagon, carrying sections of scrap railway line, left the Stout Green depot at Shap and descended the steep three-mile incline in the direction of nearby Tebay village where the men were working. It struck the group of workers at around 6am before eventually coming to a halt about a mile further down the track.
As the line had been closed for the maintenance crew, no lookout was posted to warn of the approaching wagon. Travelling at up to 40mph the wagon hit and killed four of the 10-man maintenance crew. Three others were injured, one of them seriously. Three escaped injury.
A spokesperson for British Transport Police confirmed that the four rail workers had probably been killed instantly.
The four men who were killed were: Colin Buckley, 49, and Darren Burgess, 30, both from Carnforth in Lancashire; Gary Tindall, 46, of Tebay, Cumbria; and Chris Waters, 53, of Morecambe, Lancashire.
(SP)
A 42-year-old from Anglesey and a 27-year-old from Kent were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and are being held at a Lancashire police station.
On Sunday February 15, the trolly-wagon, carrying sections of scrap railway line, left the Stout Green depot at Shap and descended the steep three-mile incline in the direction of nearby Tebay village where the men were working. It struck the group of workers at around 6am before eventually coming to a halt about a mile further down the track.
As the line had been closed for the maintenance crew, no lookout was posted to warn of the approaching wagon. Travelling at up to 40mph the wagon hit and killed four of the 10-man maintenance crew. Three others were injured, one of them seriously. Three escaped injury.
A spokesperson for British Transport Police confirmed that the four rail workers had probably been killed instantly.
The four men who were killed were: Colin Buckley, 49, and Darren Burgess, 30, both from Carnforth in Lancashire; Gary Tindall, 46, of Tebay, Cumbria; and Chris Waters, 53, of Morecambe, Lancashire.
(SP)
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