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Network Rail fined £6.7 million after prosecution for fatal Carmont crash

NETWORK Rail has been fined £6.7 million after pleading guilty to charges brought under Health and Safety legislation for the derailment of a ScotRail HST at Carmont, south of Stonehaven, on August 12, 2020, that led to the loss of three lives.

Judge Lord Matthews observed that, however distressing the images of the remains

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