THE jury in the Selby train disaster trial have heard a roll call of the ten people who died at Great Heck on February 28.

Andrew Dallas was reading a list of agreed facts at Leeds Crown Court today, as the prosecution closed its case.

The junior prosecution counsel said that the following people died of head or multiple injuries: Stephen John Dunn, driver of a Freightliner train; John Weddle, driver of a GNER express train; Christopher Hugh Terry, passenger; Robert James Shakespeare, passenger; Raymond Robson, conductor; Paul William Taylor, chef; Barry Needham, passenger; Alan Frederick Ensor; Clive Gregory Vidgen, passenger; and Stephen Baldwin, passenger.

The jury also heard that the 4.45 Newcastle to London train was travelling at 117 miles an hour when it collided with a Freightliner train travelling at 54 miles an hour at Great Heck at about 6.12am on February 28.

Gary Neil Hart, 37, of Church Lane, Strubby, Lincolnshire, denies ten charges of causing death by dangerous driving.

Accident investigator PC Steven Shone said in evidence that he found no sign of the Land Rover having been steered when he examined tyre marks left by the vehicle on the grass verge of the M62 near its bridge over the East Coast main line.

He said he would have expected to find marks if the vehicle had skidded or been steered.

Hart told police he turned his wheel first one way then the other as the Land Rover was part on the verge and part off the verge.

Towards the end of police interviews police put to him that he had lied to them in his first interview when he told them he had slept for between two-and-a-half and two-and-three-quarter hours before setting off on his journey.

He replied that during that interview he had been in shock and his mind had been in a buzz.

He denied that he had talked about the nap because he knew that sleep was an important issue and that he had been sleepy while driving.

He said he had not fallen asleep and not been drowsy during the journey.

The trial continues

Updated: 17:02 Wednesday, December 05, 2001