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Title:BELGIUM: SIX DIE AS EXPRESS CRASHES INTO GOODS TRAIN IN HEAVY FOG
Date:11th October 1969
Summary:
VARIOUS SHOTS OF SMASHED TRAINS; BURNT-OUT CARRIAGES; ENGINE BURIED IN HOUSE WALL; AMBULANCES AND FIRE ENGINES.
Initials GL/VS/MR/SGM
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Embargoed:26th October 1969 13:00
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Location:ANDENNE, BELGIUM
Country:Belgium
Reuters ID:LVA78JE8B2AZP0V3C2RZGIRIRTT1
Story Text: SIX PEOPLE DIED AND SEVERAL WERE SERIOUSLY HURT WHEN THE PARIS-HAMBURG EXPRESS PLOUGHED INTO THE BACK OF A GOODS TRAIN NEAR THE SOUTHERN BELGIAN TOWN OF ANDENNE YESTERDAY (FRIDAY). THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THICK FOG.
THE EXPRESS TRAIN HAD JUST EMERGED FROM A TUNNEL WHEN IT STRUCK THE GOODS TRAIN AND BOUNCED ACROSS THE TRACKS INTO A HOUSE. THE DRIVER AND GUARD WERE BOTH KILLED, AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON WAS BURNT TO DEATH AS FIRE SPREAD FROM THE DIESEL ENGINE TO THE LEADING CARRIAGE.
THE HOUSE WAS NOT OCCUPIED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.
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