Train derails in collision with car

12 April 2012

An East Coast Main Line train has derailed after it hit a car on the track, police said.

The car driver was killed in the collision, which happened when the Edinburgh to Plymouth Virgin service was heading through Copmanthorpe, near York.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said no passengers were injured when the train was "partially derailed", and they were being helped from the train.

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