Police name rail crash victims

A CAR driver who caused the Berkshire rail crash in an apparent suicide was named by British police last night, as the first tributes were paid to the victims of the tragedy.

Thames Valley Police confirmed that 48-year-old Brian Drysdale, of Radstock Road, Reading, was behind the wheel of the car which drove onto the level crossing and derailed a First Great Western train near the village of Ufton Nevet.

The train driver who also lost his life in the crash was named as 54-year-old Stanley Martin, from Torquay.