Newborn baby pulled from wreckage as 17 hospitalised in rail smash inside Fisherton Tunnel

THE SALISBURY train involved in a crash which left 17 people in hospital had derailed SEVEN minutes before the second train hit. A newborn baby was one of 100 people evacuated by more than 50 firefighters after the two trains collided in the Fisherton Tunnel near Salisbury, while a train driver was reportedly trapped in the wreckage for two hours. At roughly 6.45pm yesterday evening the Great Western Rail service from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads struck a mystery object – causing the rear carriage to derail. Seven minutes later the 17:20 South West Rail train from London Waterloo… Read Full Article