The Day Disaster Struck ; Calls for Memorial to Victims of 1986 Lockington Rail Crash

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IT WAS the worst train crash in East Yorkshire's railway history and claimed nine lives.

Many families were left devastated when the packed Bridlington to Hull train crashed at Lockington crossing, near Beverley.

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The Day Disaster Struck ; Calls for Memorial to Victims of 1986 Lockington Rail Crash

The four-coach train was derailed after hitting a van on the remote unmanned level crossing on July 26, 1986.

But, 23 years after the disaster, a memorial has never been erected to commemorate those who were killed.

Now, a Br...