Podcasts Culture The Audio Long Read From the archive: A body drifted past the window: surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash

From the archive: A body drifted past the window: surviving the Ladbroke Grove train crash

Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 4 a.m.

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2019: On 5 October 1999, two trains collided at speed in west London, killing both drivers and 29 passengers. Barrister Greg Treverton-Jones, who survived the crash and worked on the harrowing inquiry, pieced together what went wrong Warning: this article contains graphic descriptions of injury and trauma. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod