Stonehaven train slid for 90 metres before hitting bridge

The train involved in the Stonehaven disaster crashed into a landslip causing it to derail and slide along the ground for 90 metres, investigators have found (Ben Birchall/PA)

The train involved in the Stonehaven disaster crashed into a landslip, causing it to derail and slide along the ground for 90 metres, investigators have found.

It then destroyed a barrier on the edge of a bridge leading the front power car and one carriage to fall down an embankment, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said.