trainmananthon
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Just heard from a reliable source that 156479 has struck a taxi on Warden crossing near Hexham on 2N29 1751 Morpeth - Carlisle.
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There is ongoing disruption to train services between Newcastle and Carlisle following a collision between a car and a Northern train.
The incident happened shortly before 7.15pm on Monday 7 January near to Warden Crossing – between Hexham and Haydon Bridge.
No-one was injured and road transport was arranged to allow Northern’s customers to continue their journeys.
It'll buff out.
Taxi driver went the wrong way so decided to do a 3 point turn on the level crossing and got stuck!!!!!!! Used their obviously one and only brain cell to get themselves and their passenger out before being hit by the 156.
Oh silly me, i completely forgot rail staff never make stupid mistakesTaxi driver went the wrong way so decided to do a 3 point turn on the level crossing and got stuck!!!!!!! Used their obviously one and only brain cell to get themselves and their passenger out before being hit by the 156.
Oh silly me, i completely forgot rail staff never make stupid mistakes
If a member of Railway Staff made a mistake of this magnitude and level of incompetence and stupidity, I would be the first to condemn them for it. This isn't a lapse or a little error, if that report is true then that's mind-blowingly moronic.Oh silly me, i completely forgot rail staff never make stupid mistakes
So why the heck did the BBC do that? I notice they did not pixellate out the train unit number, nor conceal the name of the railway company, so do taxi companies have some kind of special immunity?Notice taxi firm pixelated out in photo ...
So why the heck did the BBC do that? I notice they did not pixellate out the train unit number, nor conceal the name of the railway company, so do taxi companies have some kind of special immunity?
This collision is a fact, and took place in the open so there can be no expectation of privacy. The name of the taxi company and its driver are going to be available for anyone to see soon enough. If the taxi company puts their signage on the side of their taxis then surely they cannot complain that people see it, for better or for worse.
Pretty sure that it's a license badge, as opposed to the company name.
It would have very little interest to your average punter anyway.
Pretty sure that it's a license badge, as opposed to the company name.
It would have very little interest to your average punter anyway.
A taxi was crushed by a train after being driven along railway tracks, police have said.
The driver and a passenger managed to escape from the vehicle moments before it was hit at a level crossing near Hexham, Northumberland, on Monday.
Northumbria Police traffic officer Darren Lant tweeted pictures showing the taxi partially crushed under the front of a train.
British Transport Police (BTP) said no-one was hurt and it was investigating.
In that case, why not just leave it?
So why the heck did the BBC do that? I notice they did not pixellate out the train unit number, nor conceal the name of the railway company, so do taxi companies have some kind of special immunity?
This collision is a fact, and took place in the open so there can be no expectation of privacy. The name of the taxi company and its driver are going to be available for anyone to see soon enough. If the taxi company puts their signage on the side of their taxis then surely they cannot complain that people see it, for better or for worse.
They generally blank out number plates anyway. I have no idea why. Not just news, but documentaries, pretty much everything.
The BBC seem to be getting the flak here yet I cannot see that they have pixellated anything. They are just pictures embedded from elsewhere.
Heaven forbid that, in this day and age, something might be done to prevent the identification of people and give them a little privacy.They generally blank out number plates anyway. I have no idea why. Not just news, but documentaries, pretty much everything.
Heaven forbid that, in this day and age, something might be done to prevent the identification of people and give them a little privacy.
Surely just as easy to wander around until you find a car of the correct model and colour parked outside a house, note down the registration and address and if you need a name delve through the recycling bin for some junk mail?
Surely just as easy to wander around until you find a car of the correct model and colour parked outside a house, note down the registration and address and if you need a name delve through the recycling bin for some junk mail?
I don't see why people fuss about blanking the number plate of a car when they post a picture on Facebook
So why the heck did the BBC do that? I notice they did not pixellate out the train unit number, nor conceal the name of the railway company, so do taxi companies have some kind of special immunity?
This collision is a fact, and took place in the open so there can be no expectation of privacy. The name of the taxi company and its driver are going to be available for anyone to see soon enough. If the taxi company puts their signage on the side of their taxis then surely they cannot complain that people see it, for better or for worse.
A 14-year-old boy and a woman have died in a motorway crash.
The collision between junctions 3 and 4 of the M58 in Lancashire involved seven vehicles, including an HGV and a minibus.
A man in his 60s suffered serious injuries and a second teenager is also being treated in hospital.
The HGV's driver, a 31-year-old man from Chorley, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
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A spokesman for Allied Scaffolding, which owns a truck visible in pictures from the scene of the fatal crash, said: "We are fully aware of the situation and it is related to our company.
"We are in full co-operation with the police and authorities and will give them our full support.
And in this BBC News item https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-46796076 the HGV company is openly named:-