Potters Bar crash caused by unsafe points
- 14 years ago
Seven people died in the Potters Bar rail crash as a result of a points failure caused by their unsafe condition, an inquest jury has decided.
There were failures of inspection and/or maintenance of the points in the period before the crash, the jury in Letchworth concluded following the seven-week hearing.
Six passengers - Austen Kark, Emma Knights, Jonael Schickler, Alexander Ogunwusi, Chia Hsin Lin and Chia Chin Wu - were killed in the crash in Hertfordshire on May 10 2002.
The seventh victim, Agnes Quinlivan, who was walking nearby, died after she was hit by debris.
More than 70 people were injured when the 12.45 King's Cross to King's Lynn train crashed as it reached Potters Bar, where it was not due to stop, at around 1pm.
The six passengers who died were in the fourth carriage, which became detached and airborne.
The train was travelling at a legal speed - 98mph - and driver Gordon Gibson was cleared of any blame.