The Level Crossing: Episode 162

In 2004 Bryan Drysdale had decided to end his own life. After finishing work, he drove to a nearby level crossing in Berkshire, stopped on the tracks and turned off his engine. The 300 passengers on the train from London Paddington to Exeter had no idea that their lives were about to change forever....

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www.uktruecrime.com
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Sources
https://www.railwaypeople.com/Page/news-article-stanley-martin-remembered-195
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3999723.stm
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/ufton-train-crash-family-speaks-4256422
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/joan-smith/suicide-maybe-naked-no-533126.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufton_Nervet_rail_crash
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568045/Suicidal-chef-responsible-for-Ufton-Nervet-crash.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/09/ufton.transport1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7033312.stm
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/just-what-drove-him-to-do-it-ask-grieving-families-of-suicide-crash-2q8f8mxpnw6
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/ufton-nervet-rail-crash-tragic-12341706
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3989339.stm

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