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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, deliberately parked by a suicidal driver on an unmanned level crossing in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire. | |
| Another 120 people were injured on the London-to-Plymouth service, on Saturday 6 November 2004, 18 of them seriously. | |
| The garden, established near the site of the crash, aims to help people 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. | "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." | "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." |
| The memorial garden is near the scene of the crash | The memorial garden is near the scene of the crash |
| 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. | 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. | 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. |