Tanker driver to appear in court
THE driver of a 44-tonne sewage tanker which collided with a train, injuring 21 people, will appear in court this morning charged with endangering safety on the railway.
Arvydas Bartasius, 38, from Ely, Cambridgeshire, will appear at Bury St Edmunds Magistrates' Court.
He has remained in police custody since the smash, which happened on an unmanned level crossing just off Bures Road in Little Cornard on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the British Transport Police said: "I can confirm a man has been charged after a train struck a tanker on a level crossing in Little Cornard on Tuesday.
"After consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, British Transport Police detectives charged the man, a 38-year-old from Ely, with endangering safety on the railway.
"He will appear before Bury St Edmunds Magistrates' Court today."
Alan Dickinson, a 58-year-old partner of Sudbury law firm Tomlinson and Dickinson, in Friars Street, remains in a critical but stable condition at Royal London Hospital.
The train wreckage was removed from the tracks at about 5.30am yesterday morning and normal service has resumed today.
Speaking last night, a spokeswoman for Network Rail said: "National Express East Anglia is pleased to advise customers that train services will resume on the Marks Tey to Sudbury line tomorrow (Friday).
"The full scheduled timetable will be in operation, starting with the 5.30am Sudbury to Marks Tey and the 5.57am Marks Tey to Sudbury services.
"We have worked hard with Network Rail and other rail industry partners to restore the normal scheduled service as quickly as possible.
"Andrew Chivers, managing director of National Express East Anglia, said: "We would like to thank our customers for their patience whilst work continued to clear the site of Tuesday's incident and repair the rail infrastructure to enable train services to be re-introduced.
"We now expect to operate the normal scheduled timetable on the Marks Tey to Sudbury line from tomorrow onwards.
"I would like to thank everyone involved in the service recovery operation for their tireless efforts in restoring the scheduled timetable. Many people have worked additional hours or through the night to enable services to restart tomorrow.
"Finally, it is important to remember that some passengers and our train driver are still in hospital. Our thoughts are still with them and their families and we wish them all a full recovery."
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Sudbury
Friday 25 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 12 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 22 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 12 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: East
