Passenger killed after two trains crashed was man in his 60s

A antheral who died aft 2 trains crashed successful Wales was successful his 60s, British Transport Police person said.

Some 15 others were taken to infirmary with injuries aft a bid travelling from Shrewsbruy to Aberystwyth and the different from Machynlleth to Shrewsbury crashed into each different yesterday evening.

Giving a connection to reporters, main Inspector Jon Cooze, said: ‘Sadly, a antheral successful his 60s has died pursuing the collision.

‘The circumstances starring to his decease are presently nether investigation.

‘His adjacent of kin person been informed and the household volition person ongoing specializer enactment from specializer officers.

‘While ceremonial recognition has not taken spot helium is not believed to beryllium a subordinate of obstruction staff.

‘Our thoughts stay with his loved ones and we kindly inquire that they’re fixed privateness astatine this precise hard time.’

The Welsh Ambulance Service said it took 7 radical to infirmary by ambulance, portion Dyfed Powys Police said a full of 15 radical were taken to infirmary with injuries.

Anthony Hurford, a witnesser travelling to Shrewsbury, told BBC Breakfast: ‘The connection that keeps coming to my caput is conscionable brutal really.

‘Just going from, I don’t cognize however accelerated we were going, possibly 40, 50, 60mph, to thing successful the blink of an eye.

‘Somehow my assemblage bent the limb of a array and ripped it disconnected its bolts attached to the wall. Suddenly I was connected the level with my laptop strewn up of maine wondering what the hellhole had happened.

‘We tried to halt astatine the lights. At the apical of the elevation there’s a awesome that I conjecture would’ve been a passing spot and for immoderate crushed the bid wouldn’t stop.

‘There must’ve been 30/40 radical from occurrence (service), determination was British Transport Police who had travel from Birmingham, determination were 3 helicopters, radical had travel from northbound and southbound Wales arsenic acold arsenic I’m aware. I was checked by 3 oregon 4 antithetic medics.’

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