Investigation launched into fatal rail accident near Belfast

Police in the North have launched an investigation into a train crash which left one contract worker dead and two others injured this morning.

Investigation launched into fatal rail accident near Belfast

Police in the North have launched an investigation into a train crash which left one contract worker dead and two others injured this morning.

The dead man, who worked for an English-based contractor, was laying a section of line in the early hours of this morning when an engineering train crashed into the back of a stationary train on the main Belfast to Bangor line.

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