Railway watchdog finds signalman 'error' led to death [BBC]





Date: 01/03/2011

A female passenger in a car died on a level crossing because a signalman raised the barriers in error as a train approached, a railway watchdog said.


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A female passenger in a car died on a level crossing because a signalman raised the barriers in error, a railway watchdog says.

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