Tractor man faces rail crash charges
A tractor driver was appearing in court charged in connection with a train crash in Mid Wales.
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Ifan Gwyn Evans is charged with endangering the safety of persons using the railway following a the crash between his vehicle and the train at Buttington, near Welshpool, on July 16.
Evans, 28, of Llanfihangel, near Llanfyllin, was due to make his first appearance in relation to the charge at Welshpool Magistrates' Court today.
Up to 200 passengers on board the Arriva Trains Wales Birmingham to Aberystwyth service were helped from the train after the collision at the rear of the dairy farm at Buttington Old Hall. Evans and the train driver were uninjured.
