Tebay rail accident

Tebay rail accident

The Tebay rail accident occurred on 15 February 2004 near Tebay, Cumbria, England.

Four railway workers working on the West Coast Main Line were knocked down and killed by a trolley carrying lengths of rail. It had not been properly secured and had run away from a maintenance yard several miles away.

In the aftermath of the incident, the boss of the rail maintenance company and a crane operator were tried at Newcastle Crown Court on charges of manslaughter caused by gross negligence. The company boss was also prosecuted over breaches of health and safety law. Both men were found guilty by majority verdicts and imprisoned for nine years and two years respectively. The families of the victims said it was 'a victory' to have the two men jailed.

On 1 March 2007 an appeal launched by the two jailed men seeking to overturn the convictions failed, although the Court of Appeal did reduce the former boss's sentence from nine years to seven.

There is a small plaque at the site of the Tebay incident, with the names of the deceased, which was erected in September 2006.

List of the deceased

*Colin Buckley, 49, of Carnforth;
*Darren Burgess, 30, also of Carnforth;
*Chris Waters, 53, of Morecambe;
*Gary Tindall, 46, of Tebay.

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4816206.stm Pair jailed for Tebay rail deaths] - BBC News
* [http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/02/rail_deaths_evidence_thrown_ou.html Rail deaths evidence thrown out] - RMT rail union website news
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6409343.stm Tebay rail death appeal bid fails] - BBC News


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