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February 28, 2012

On This Day......... 28th February 2012

28/02/2001       
The Selby rail crash (also known as the Great Heck rail crash) was a high-speed train accident that occurred at Great Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, England on the morning of 28 February 2001. 10 people were killed and 82 people suffered serious injuries.

28/02/1975
A London Underground train has crashed at Moorgate, killing the driver and at least 29 passengers and injuring
more than 70 in the worst-ever Tube disaster. The 0837 train from Drayton Park to Moorgate was packed with
commuters going to work when it overshot the platform and ploughed into a dead-end tunnel at 0846.
Passengers on platform nine said the train appeared to shudder and accelerate as it arrived at the station.

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