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5d In the news

. READING

A. Discuss. B. Read the headline of the article. What
• Do you know of any serious transport accidents? do you think it is about? Read the
article and check your answers.
• How do you usually learn about serious accidents?

www.thedailynews.com/intercity/train
Train Derailed by Sheep!

© MM Publications

THE DAILY NEWS > FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER
An InterCity train was derailed in South Wales
yesterday. The train was travelling through a tunnel at
160 kilometres per hour when it hit a flock of sheep that
was going in the opposite direction. The train came off
the tracks, fell onto its side and skidded for another 200
metres before coming to a stop. Fortunately, nobody
was killed, but 28 people were injured, 5 of them
seriously.
The police, fire crews and the ambulance service
were all called immediately and they arrived within
minutes to rescue the people. The injured passengers
were taken to local hospitals. ‘It’s a miracle that it was
not a greater tragedy,’ said Steven Jones, one of the
firefighters. ‘When we arrived, smoke was coming out
of the tunnel and we thought that the train was on fire.
A fire in a tunnel is of course a very serious matter, but
luckily it was only the engine and we put it out very
quickly.’ All the sheep except one died in the crash. The lucky
Amazingly, the train driver was not hurt in the accident. survivor was rescued by a police officer and is now
He said later: ‘As soon as I noticed the animals, I pulled called Lucky Lucy. The local farmer who owned the
the emergency brake, but it was too late.’ The tunnel sheep has no idea how the accident happened. ‘I have
was damaged and the train was almost completely lots of sheep and they are kept in a nearby field which
destroyed. Overall, 2 million pounds of damage was is surrounded by a fence. I don’t know how these sheep
caused. got out.’ How this accident happened is a mystery.

C. Read again and write T for True, F for False or NM for Not Mentioned.

1. The train crashed in the tunnel because it was travelling too fast.
2. There were 28 passengers on the train altogether.
3. The firefighters took a long time to arrive.
4. Not all of the train was on fire.
5. The train driver did nothing to stop the accident.
6. Trains will be able to use the tunnel within a few days.
7. The damage to the train is about 2 million pounds.
8. Only sheep were killed in the accident.
9. Lucky Lucy was returned to the local farmer.

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