A doctor waits for fire fighters to free victims from the wreckage of the Hixon rail disaster. The accident occurred after a Inter-City train which crashed into a giant transformer on the level crossing at Hixon near Stafford on Saturday (6-1-68). In the crash eleven people were killed and forty injured. 6th January 1968

A doctor waits for fire fighters to free victims from the wreckage of the Hixon rail disaster. The accident occurred after a Inter-City train which crashed into a giant transformer on the level crossing at Hixon near Stafford on Saturday (6-1-68). In the crash eleven people were killed and forty injured. 6th January 1968 Stock Photo
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Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo

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2HW6HFB

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72 MB (4.1 MB Compressed download)

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5078 x 4953 px | 43 x 41.9 cm | 16.9 x 16.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

6 January 1968

Photographer:

Mirrorpix

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