On 25 June1994, the 22:45 from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow derailed and smashed into a bridge, killing driver Arthur McKee, 35, and passenger Alan Nicol, 21, after hitting concrete blocks deliberately placed on the railway line by vandals. The culprits, two 17-year olds from Greenock were each imprisoned for 15 years for culpable homicide. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Wemyss Bay is a village on the East Coast of the Firth of Clyde in the district of Inverclyde, Scotland. ... Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... Placing a concrete floor for a commercial building Installing rebar in a floor during a concrete pour In construction, concrete is a composite building material made from the combination of aggregate and cement binder. ... Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of a structure or symbol. ... Greenock (Grianaig in Scottish Gaelic) is a town (burgh of barony) in the district of Inverclyde in Western Scotland. ... A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. ... This article is about homicide, the killing of a human being. ...
The train involved was a refurbished Class 303 Electric Multiple Unit. The concrete blocks were cable-trough covers, which were placed across the rails of the single-track line by two vandals who had climbed down to the railway to urinate on their way home. The line at this point is on a curve, going to the right as the train was travelling. 1830s September 15, 1830 – England: William Huskisson becomes first passenger train death. ...
The leading bogie of the EMU derailed and the train immedieatly ran into the solid structure of the overbridge, crushing the drivers cab, killing the driver, and also killing a passenger who was seated immedieatly behind the cab, with his back to the partition. This passenger had taken this location to reduce the risk of injury from broken glass should the train be stoned by vandals, which was (and possibly still is) a common occurance in that area.
The crash also destroys a support column of a railway bridge, causing parts of the bridge to collapse onto the wreck.
July 6, 1967 – Langenweddingen railcrash, Langenweddingen, East Germany near Magdeburg: Because of an overstretched cable preventing the proper operation of a level crossing’s barriers, a local train collides with lorry carrying 15,000 litres of light petrol and ignites.
November 5, 1967 – Hither Green railcrash, England: 49 people are killed and 78 people injured as an express train from Hastings to Charing Cross derails at Hither Green, due to a broken rail at a rail joint.
The concrete blocks were cable-trough covers, which were placed across the rails of the single-track line by two vandals who had climbed down to the railway to urinate on their way home.
Alan Nicol had taken this location to reduce the risk of injury from broken glass should the train be stoned by vandals, which was (and possibly still is) a common occurrence in that area.
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