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Fatal rail crash memorial to open | Fatal rail crash memorial to open |
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A memorial garden is being opened on the fifth anniversary of a rail crash in which seven people died. | A memorial garden is being opened on the fifth anniversary of a rail crash in which seven people died. |
The crash happened when a high-speed train hit a car at an unmanned level crossing in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, on Saturday 6 November 2004. | The crash happened when a high-speed train hit a car at an unmanned level crossing in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, on Saturday 6 November 2004. |
Another 120 people were injured onboard the London Paddington-to-Plymouth service, 18 of them seriously. | |
The garden, near the site, is to be a place where people can reflect quietly on the tragedy. | The garden, near the site, is to be a place where people can reflect quietly on the tragedy. |
I did not know when it would end and I was very surprised to find myself alive when it did end Crash survivor Jane Hawker | |
It will be opened later, to coincide with the timing of the crash five years ago. | It will be opened later, to coincide with the timing of the crash five years ago. |
All eight carriages of the 1735 First Great Western service, which was carrying about 300 people, derailed when it hit the car, killing the driver, at about 1815 GMT. | |
Jane Hawker, who was among the survivors, told BBC News: "I had the experience of feeling that I was in a huge tumble dryer. | |
"I did not know when it would end and I was very surprised to find myself alive when it did end. | |
"If you try to ignore it then it will come back to bite you at various times when you are least expecting it and I think it is much more healthy to try to come to terms with it." | |
Unlawfully killed | Unlawfully killed |
An off-duty Thames Valley police officer saw the vehicle being driven on to the crossing, close to the A4 between Reading and Newbury, and the barriers come down. | An off-duty Thames Valley police officer saw the vehicle being driven on to the crossing, close to the A4 between Reading and Newbury, and the barriers come down. |
In November 2007, an inquest jury found 48-year-old car driver Brian Drysdale had deliberately killed himself. | |
The jurors recorded the train driver and five passengers had been unlawfully killed. | |
Train driver Stanley Martin, 54, from Torquay, Devon; Barry Strevens, 55, from Wells, Somerset; Emily Webster, 14, from Morehampstead, Devon; Anjanette Rossi, 38, from Speen, Berkshire and her daughter Louella Main, nine, died in the crash. | Train driver Stanley Martin, 54, from Torquay, Devon; Barry Strevens, 55, from Wells, Somerset; Emily Webster, 14, from Morehampstead, Devon; Anjanette Rossi, 38, from Speen, Berkshire and her daughter Louella Main, nine, died in the crash. |
Leslie Matthews, 72, from Warminster, Wiltshire died in hospital the following day. | Leslie Matthews, 72, from Warminster, Wiltshire died in hospital the following day. |