Virgin Rail train collides with car near Copmanthorpe, killing driver
{{date|September 25, 2006}}
[[Image:Virgin Voyager 220003 2005-06-09 03.jpg|right|250px|thumb|File photograph of a Virgin Voyager Class 220 train (Cr. Chris McKenna)]]
A [[w:Virgin Trains|Virgin Trains]] train travelling at high speed collided with a car near Copmanthorpe, [[w:Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], [[England]], killing the car's driver.

The accident took place at approximately 20:55 GMT when the Class 220/221  train, travelling at close to 100mph, hit the car which was on the tracks.    The train then partially derailed but remained upright, coming to a stop further down the tracks. The car driver is believed to have been killed instantly. No one on the train was injured. 

The car was not at a level crossing. North Yorkshire Police said that the car had left the road, driven through a fence and ended up on the track. 

The train was the 14:25 Virgin Voyager cross-country service from Plymouth to Edinburgh Waverley, capable of speeds up to 125mph, but was deccelerating on approach into York. There were 74 passengers on board. 

The line between York and Leeds was closed for several hours, delaying other services. Virgin Spokesman Arthur Leathley told reporters that Network Rail hoped to have three of the four lines in that section of the track operational by Tuesday morning. 

==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1421262006
|title=Man dies as train hits car crashed onto railway line
|author=Eben Harrell
|pub=The Scotsman
|date=September 26, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5380110.stm
|title=Car driver dies in rail collision
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=September 25, 2006}}

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File photograph of a Virgin Voyager Class 220 train (Cr. Chris McKenna)
A Virgin Trains train travelling at high speed collided with a car near Copmanthorpe, Yorkshire, England, killing the car's driver.

The accident took place at approximately 20:55 GMT when the Class 220/221  train, travelling at close to 100mph, hit the car which was on the tracks.    The train then partially derailed but remained upright, coming to a stop further down the tracks. The car driver is believed to have been killed instantly. No one on the train was injured. 

The car was not at a level crossing. North Yorkshire Police said that the car had left the road, driven through a fence and ended up on the track. 

The train was the 14:25 Virgin Voyager cross-country service from Plymouth to Edinburgh Waverley, capable of speeds up to 125mph, but was deccelerating on approach into York. There were 74 passengers on board. 

The line between York and Leeds was closed for several hours, delaying other services. Virgin Spokesman Arthur Leathley told reporters that Network Rail hoped to have three of the four lines in that section of the track operational by Tuesday morning. 

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