TV tonight - Grayrigg rail tragedy - BBC1 North West only

[table38]

BBC1 North West has a local program tonight at 19:30. (Sky channel 958)

When a Virgin train travelling at 95mph derailed near Grayrigg in Cumbria five years ago dozens of passengers were injured and one woman was killed.

Five years on an unlikely friendship has developed between the son of the woman killed, George Masson, and the engineer who was accused of failing to check the tracks properly, David Lewis.

Speaking to the BBC, George said of David, "He was the only one who showed any sincerity, emotions, remorse."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nnnls

 

[deltic1989]

has this found it's way onto BBC iPlayer? looks as if it may be worth a watch.

 

[table38]

Here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nnnls/Inside_Out_North_West_29_10_2012/ it says "iPlayer - Available soon after" so maybe!

 

[snail]

Interesting, but more of a social interest story with little detail on the incident itself.

It definitely showed the value of 'protecting your back' if higher management are prevaricating. Without his email evidence the NR engineer would have been hung out to dry at the inquest (and by Mr Masson).