Wales train crash: What we know so far as one person killed in rail smash

The horrific clang happened connected Monday nighttime adjacent Llanbrynmair successful Powys and saw each passengers get evacuated from some trains, with immoderate needing attraction successful hospital

A antheral died connected Monday nighttime pursuing a collision betwixt 2 trains.

British Transport Police said 2 passengers services collided adjacent Llanbrynmair successful Powys, Wales, and, contempt some trains travelling astatine debased speed, 15 radical needed attraction successful hospital.

A further antheral has been declared dead, British Transport Police (BTP) has said. BTP offered its condolences to the antheral and says it is moving to found the afloat circumstances astir his death. The Mirror contiguous outlines the facts we cognize astir the crash, and those that the authorities are continuing to investigate.

Death toll remains astatine one

Authorities successful Wales confirmed the decease of 1 antheral but accidental the 15 injured passengers person not suffered beingness threatening oregon beingness changing wounds. All passengers were evacuated from some trains.

BTP Superintendent Andrew Morgan said: "We tin sadly corroborate a antheral has died pursuing this evening's incident. We widen our deepest sympathies to his loved ones, alongside everyone other impacted and specializer officers proceed to supply support.

He said the BTP are moving manus successful manus with exigency services and the obstruction manufacture "to recognize the circumstances starring up to this collision". He added: "Residents volition spot an accrued policing beingness successful the country successful the coming days arsenic a result."

Which services were involved?

The low-speed collision involving 2 trains happened conscionable earlier 7pm connected Monday, constabulary said. Network Rail and Transport for Wales said the incidental progressive the Transport for Wales 6.31pm work from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth and the Transport for Wales 7.09pm work from Machynlleth to Shrewsbury.

In a associated statement, the 2 organisations said: "Our archetypal thoughts are with the household and loved ones of the antheral who has mislaid his life, arsenic good arsenic each the different radical progressive successful this incident."

"We're highly grateful to the exigency services who attended the country and helped our passengers and unit successful challenging circumstances. We are moving intimately with different agencies, including exigency services, to recognize however this incidental happened and they volition person our afloat support."

How ample was the exigency response?

Multiple exigency services, including the Welsh Ambulance Service, Mid and West Wales Fire Service, Dyfed Powys Police and the HM Coastguard, person been moving alongside railway workers astatine the scene.

First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan said: "My thoughts are with each those progressive successful the obstruction incidental successful Powys earlier this evening. I would similar to convey the exigency services for their effect and person asked to beryllium kept informed of immoderate developments passim the night." They said the Cambrian railway westbound of Machynlleth volition stay closed portion specializer teams analyse the collision.

What caused the crash?

The origin of the clang remains unclear astatine this stage. BTP are moving manus successful manus with exigency services and the obstruction manufacture "to recognize the circumstances starring up to this collision".

It mirrors a caller calamity successful the US, which saw 1 idiosyncratic dice pursuing a clang connected the New Jersey River Line Light Rail network. The rider train collided aft portion of a histrion fell crossed tracks adjacent Bordentown, New Jersey. River Line was suspended betwixt Roebling and Bordentown. New Jersey Transit's services were affected successful some directions earlier this month.