Michael Matheson points to increasing intense weather after train derailment kills three people
Scotland’s transport secretary has said the climate crisis is presenting increasing challenges for rail safety, after three people died in a devastating derailment in Aberdeenshire following a night of thunderstorms and torrential rainfall.
Train driver Brett McCullough and conductor Donald Dinnie lost their lives along with a passenger when the 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow service came off the tracks and slid down an embankment at Carmont, just west of Stonehaven, on Wednesday.
Continue reading…Michael Matheson points to increasing intense weather after train derailment kills three peopleScotland’s transport secretary has said the climate crisis is presenting increasing challenges for rail safety, after three people died in a devastating derailment in Aberdeenshire following a night of thunderstorms and torrential rainfall.Train driver Brett McCullough and conductor Donald Dinnie lost their lives along with a passenger when the 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow service came off the tracks and slid down an embankment at Carmont, just west of Stonehaven, on Wednesday. Continue reading…