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| Rail crash was caused by suicide | Rail crash was caused by suicide |
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| A train crash that claimed the lives of seven people was caused by a car driver trying to kill himself, an inquest has found. | A train crash that claimed the lives of seven people was caused by a car driver trying to kill himself, an inquest has found. |
| The suicide verdict was reached after a four-week inquest in Slough, Berkshire, into the death of Brian Drysdale and the other victims of the crash. | The suicide verdict was reached after a four-week inquest in Slough, Berkshire, into the death of Brian Drysdale and the other victims of the crash. |
| The jury decided the train driver and five passengers were unlawfully killed in the crash near Ufton Nervet in 2004. | The jury decided the train driver and five passengers were unlawfully killed in the crash near Ufton Nervet in 2004. |
| Mr Drysdale, 48, had parked his car on a level-crossing. | Mr Drysdale, 48, had parked his car on a level-crossing. |
| The London to Plymouth train then crashed into the car and was derailed. | The London to Plymouth train then crashed into the car and was derailed. |
| 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. |
| 'Catastrophic derailment' | |
| Leslie Matthews, 72, from Warminster, Wiltshire died in hospital the following day. | Leslie Matthews, 72, from Warminster, Wiltshire died in hospital the following day. |
| Another 120 people were injured, 18 of them seriously. | |
| Mr Drysdale, a chef, was killed after manoeuvring his Mazda 323 onto the tracks as the London Paddington to Plymouth service approached at 100mph. | |
| The jury had heard how the 1735 First Great Western carrying 281 people was seven miles west of Reading when it collided with the car, causing a "catastrophic derailment". | |
| One carriage rolled over, the buffet car was bent double and the family coach in which most of the victims were sitting slid along on its side. |