PROSECUTION: Darsham UWC

A driver has been prosecuted for driving over a user worked crossing without telephoning for permission to cross.

Nigel Buckingham, 56, drove across the Lowestoft to Ipswich railway track near Darsham into the path of an oncoming train. The train driver had to apply the emergency brake to slow the train, which stopped on the crossing moments after the car had passed.

Buckingham was fined a total of £230.

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