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 | | Thursday, 1 March, 2001, 21:31 GMT The Selby rail crash  Wreckage at the Selby train crash The Selby train crash in North Yorkshire was a freak accident involving two trains and a runaway car. BBC Online examines, in Audio and Video, the tragedy and the subsequent investigations.
An official interim report into the Selby rail crash published by the Health and Safety Executive says the railway industry could have done nothing to prevent the tragedy.
Investigators examining the wreckage of the Selby train crash find the GNER train's data recorder which should hold more vital information about the crash. Meanwhile police name more of the victims who died.
About 300 people gather to commemorate victims of the Selby rail crash in a church near the disaster scene.
Police say they have recovered 10 bodies from the Selby train crash, rather than 13 as previously thought.
Emergency services say it may be some time before the final number of people who died in the Selby rail crash is known. Rescue teams have been searching round-the-clock for bodies trapped in the mangled carriages.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott asks the Health and Safety Executive to prepare an interim report so that he can make a decision on what further steps needed to be taken. The BBC's Simon Montague reports on the many questions to be asked.
Death toll - February 28 Thirteen people are now known to have died and around 70 injured - some of them seriously - in the crash which happened near Selby in North Yorkshire. As the BBC's Kate Adie reports, the impact of the collision was devastating.
Eye witnesses Passenger Raymond Brindley was one of the first to speak to the media: "We were worried in case it was going to catch alight" The first fire officer on the scene was Graham Buckle: "(The atmosphere) was one of shock and bewilderment" Local resident Charles Watkins helped injured passengers escape the train: "We managed to pull a couple of people out"
The deputy chief fire officer for the North Yorkshire Fire Service, David Wynne, speaks to BBC News Online's Special Correspondent Mike McKay about the rescue operation. The injured passengers were taken to a number of hospitals throughout Yorkshire. Around 30 of the wounded were taken to Pontefract, as the BBC's Catherine Marston reports. | |
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