Train passengers escape after lorry hits rail bridge

Nearly 90 train passengers have had a lucky escape after the mechanical grab section of a builders’ lorry broke off and landed on the track after the vehicle hit a rail bridge in England.

Nearly 90 train passengers have had a lucky escape after the mechanical grab section of a builders’ lorry broke off and landed on the track after the vehicle hit a rail bridge in England.

A train operated by the Southern company stopped short of the grab which then became welded to the track.

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