In Scotland, children playing with railway switches cause a fatal accident on the Scottish Northeastern Railway

Three children playing with unlocked points at a railway siding on the Brechin branch of the Scottish Northeastern Railway were suspected of causing a fatal accident.  A passenger train from Brechin was travelling at normal speed on the main track when the points the children had left in the wrong position suddenly diverted it into the small siding where it crashed before the engineer was able to stop. The driver was killed and the fireman, along with several passengers, injured seriously. (By John Osborne)