DRIVERLESS TRAIN
CAUSE OITTHE ACCIDENT.
(United Press Association.—Copyright)' (Australian-New Zealand Cable Aun.)
, LONDON, 12th August. At an inquiry into the driverless train accident at Newcastle, the evidence showed that the. control, handle of the electric train had been tied with a handkerchief, ■ apparently belonging to the driver, who was found dead on the- line. The effect was to depress the handle, and'thus allow the control to be. left with full power on, though the niotorman was absent. Doctors gave evidence that tho driver's death was duo to. his head striking a bridge while he was leaning , out.
Five people were injured when an electric passenger train, without a driver, crashed into a goods train «t Newcastle. . .. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 39, 14 August 1926, Page 9
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116DRIVERLESS TRAIN Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 39, 14 August 1926, Page 9
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