Man killed in North Yorkshire rail crash named
A man who died when his car was struck by a passenger train at a crossing on the Scarborough to York line has been named as 77-year-old Eric Ireland.
A man who died when his car was struck by a passenger train at a crossing on the Scarborough to York line has been named as 77-year-old Eric Ireland.
Emergency services have started the evacuation of a train which hit a car on a level crossing in North Yorkshire.
The driver of the car, a 77-year-old from Malton, died at the scene.
Passengers have ben tweeting from the train:
driver of eastbound moving train to train aligning doors so ramp can be placed over gap and transfer of passengers can start
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