THE deaths on the track at Tebay have prompted calls for a public inquiry and could lead to criminal prosecutions.
British Transport Police and the Health and Safety Executive are jointly investigating the incident and say they will be presenting their findings to the Criminal Prosecution Service to decide who, if anyone, should be prosecuted.
Investigations will focus on how a maintenance trolley at Scout Green began to move and why the compulsory automatic braking system apparently failed to stop it.
Braking systems have been required on all such vehicles following a similar incident with a runaway wagon at Culgaith, on the Settle to Carlisle line east of Penrith in January 2003.
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