Network Rail fined £1m
Network Rail has been fined £1 million by Chelmsford Crown Court for breaching health and safety laws at a level crossing where two teenage girls were killed.
Charlotte Thompson's mother: 'They took our daughters from us and they broke our hearts'
Hilary Thompson, Charlotte's mother, said: "They took our daughters from us and they broke our hearts."
Charlotte's father, Reg Thompson, added: "There are so many people who suffer the same tragedy that we suffer and suffer in silence.
"What Network Rail have promised to do today in court, which is to spend £130 million on improving safety on level crossings, and the changes that they have already made, have come about because of the terrible thing that happened to our daughters."
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