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On 4 March 1989 the 12:50 Horsham to London Victoria, consisting of a four-car class 423 electric multiple unit no. 3441, stopped at Purley railway station.As it left the station, it crossed from the slow line to the fast line as scheduled and at 13:39 was struck from behind by the following 12:17 Littlehampton to London Victoria, consisting of four-car class 421 units nos. 1280 and 1285 (for ...
The head-on collision was the deadliest incident involving drunk driving and the third-deadliest bus crash in U.S. history. Of the 67 people on the bus (counting the driver), there were 27 fatalities in the crash, the same number as the 1958 Prestonsburg bus disaster , and behind the 1976 Yuba City bus disaster (29) and 1963 Chualar bus crash (32).
The crash was followed by an explosion and fire. The crash site was 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) from Croydon Airport, [3] at Castle Hill, Purley, [4] where the Kingsdown housing estate was then under construction. [3] Attempts to rescue those on board were made, but the intensity of the fire made this task impossible.
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Matiu Ratana (3 May 1966 – 25 September 2020) was a New Zealand-born British police sergeant who was shot dead at Croydon police station in London on 25 September 2020. He was nearing retirement having served in the Metropolitan Police for nearly 30 years when he became the first police officer to be fatally shot in the UK since the murders of Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone in 2012.
In April 2005, route 726 was renumbered X26 and the section between Bromley and East Croydon was withdrawn, rerouted to run via Teddington instead of Hampton Court, and many stops were removed to reduce run times and improve reliability. [5] [6] The contract was awarded to Metrobus, which used Scania OmniCity vehicles. [7]
Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a 911 call about the major accident at the interchange of North Stemmons Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway about 2:30 p.m., the fire department said in a news ...
Croydon has had the highest fall in the number of cases of violence against the person in south London, and is one of the top 10 safest local authorities in London. According to Your Croydon (a local community magazine) this is due to a stronger partnership struck between Croydon Council and the police. [86]