03/05/2005

Two arrested following train crash

Two men have been arrested in connection with a train crash in Co Antrim on Monday.

The incident saw a train crash into a car which was deliberately abandoned at a level crossing close to the town of Dunloy at about 10.30pm.

Neither the driver or 30 passengers on board were injured however police said they are treating the crash as attempted murder.

Police said that two men were seen running away from the scene after leaving the car on the track.

They have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident or with information on the car, a maroon Vauxhall Astra, to contact them.

Meanwhile, the railway line which was closed in both directions between Ballymena and Ballymoney while the wreckage of the car was separated from the train has been reopened.

(MB/SP)

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