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Carmont Train Derailment Victims Suffered Unsurvivable Injuries, Inquiry Told

The inquiry examines critical drainage failures and Network Rail's £6.7 million fine after a landslide caused the derailment that killed three men and injured six others.

  • A fatal accident inquiry into a 2020 train derailment in northeast Scotland that killed three men has begun.
  • Network Rail admitted maintenance and inspection failures, failing to warn the driver of unsafe track conditions, and failing to instruct speed reduction.
  • Scottish organiser Kevin Lindsay stated, "We hope and expect that this FAI establishes all the facts and helps ensure that no family goes through the pain endured by those closest to Christopher, Donald and Brett.
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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, January 26, 2026.
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