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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
The laws of physics: Conservation of momentum. The train is bombing along at 100+mph and comes to an abrupt halt. The stuff inside the train doesn't stop.
10 or 12 or 14 stone of forward facing passengers end up nearer to St Pancras than the rest of the carriage they are in.
It's a mercy that there was only one fatality.
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Terrible that there is one fatality and many injured, some critically ill, if this was 40 years ago the fatalities would have been much much higher.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I still can’t make out why the driver of the moving train didn’t apply the brakes. He must have seen the train in front a mile off.
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l think we need to just wait for the rail accident investigations branch findings and try not to speculate too much.