One killed in train crash

STAFFORD - One person was killed in a head on train crash in the English midlands last night

STAFFORD - One person was killed in a head on train crash in the English midlands last night. Ambulance crews took 20 others to hospital after a mail train and a goods train collided head on the railway line at Rickerscote, south of Stafford. Later police were evacuating the area after fears of possible chemical leaks from cargo being carried by the goods train.

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