Rail crash training exercise takes place near Bridgnorth
A major training exercise involving all three emergency services has taken part in Shropshire today.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, West Midlands Ambulance and West Mercia Police took part in the exercise at Eardington Halt on the Severn Valley Railway line near Bridgnorth.
The scenario for the exercise involved a car that crashed through a bridge above the railway line and landed on the tracks. The car was then struck by a train and pushed along the line.
The buffet car on the train then caught fire and more than 20 casualties, played by Telford College of Arts and Technology students, were then trapped and injured in the “wreckage” of the train, in the wrecked car and others are lying injured on the embankment.
The exercise involved firefighters from several fire stations, West Midlands Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Rescue Team and Police officers.
Severn Valley Railway generously allowed the emergency services to stage the exercise on and near the line close to Eardington Halt station.
Exercise is now under way in #bridnorth Train has hit a car and one of the carriages is on fire @WMASHART in Att pic.twitter.com/IzjlRaF6Mt
— Wellington Station (@SFRSWellington) November 5, 2015More from @shropsfire exercise with @OFFICIALWMAS E Team This is what the teams faced at the front of the train pic.twitter.com/7oYh0zjxkm
— Wellington Station (@SFRSWellington) November 5, 2015The first casualties are rescued by @shropsfire crews wearing breathing apparatus. pic.twitter.com/XbKWODa0XL https://twitter.com/SFRSWellington/status/662286728414306308
HART E team getting right in the thick of it. Scene and pt assessment done. Now to implement a plan. pic.twitter.com/W4Vq1mfbq6 https://twitter.com/MillieMilward/status/662297030421782529
