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Hatfield rail crash survivors to join 20th anniversary ceremony

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Hatfield rail crash survivors to join 20th anniversary ceremony

Hatfield rail crash survivors to join 20th anniversary ceremony

Survivors of the Hatfield rail crash will join those bereaved by the tragedyto mark its 20th anniversary.

The four passengers killed when an express trainderailed on October 17 2000 will be remembered in a service at St Etheldreda’sChurch in the Hertfordshire town.Capacity at the annual gathering will belimited to 30 people due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Father Darren Collins, whowill conduct the service, told the PA news agency: “It was heart-breaking atthe time, and the town wants to remember the lives that were lost and thelives that were changed forever.” The Hatfield crash was among a spate offatal accidents on Britain’s railways, but the network’s safety record hasvastly improved since that period.Father Collins said the victims’ familiesare “reassured that something positive came out of one of the saddestoccasions of their lives”.


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