RMT calls for action on third anniversary of the fatal Carmont rail tragedy

RAIL staff and passengers are being put at risk by government and Network Rail failures to improve safety, transport union RMT has warned, on the third anniversary of the fatal Carmont derailment.
Driver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died when the 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow service hit washed-out debris at Carmont, south of Stonehaven, on August 12 2020.
A series of safety failures led to the accident, which occurred following heavy rain, investigators found.
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