Woman dies at level crossing as train smashs into her car
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Woman dies at level crossing as train smashs into her car
A motorist has been killed after desperately trying to reverse her car out of the path of a train. The 30-year-old was driving across an icy level crossing in South Drove, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, when her car clipped a Ford Transit van heading in the opposite direction. Lincolnshire Police said the crash left the woman, from Spalding, stranded on the remote level crossing as the barriers came down. Moments later, the 8.33am Peterborough to Lincoln service struck the grey Rover 216, with the unnamed woman still at the wheel attempting to reverse. Sergeant Dave Kay said: "She was making frantic attempts to get off the level crossing but witnesses said it was very, very quick from when the barriers came down to the collision. "She was trying to get her car off the level crossing but because of the arctic conditions it was like a skating rink and she couldn't get very far." The van's driver managed to steer it off the crossing at West Road following the initial accident. He, along with one of his passengers, then tried to reach the woman before she was killed. A spokeswoman for East Midlands Trains said the train was not derailed and none of the 18 passengers were hurt. Trains are terminating at Sleaford in Lincolnshire while the incident is being investigated.
ITN | January 5, 2009
