Rail Crash Couple To Marry

By Ryan Pilot

THE hero of the Grayrigg rail crash is to marry the girlfriend who helped him prevent more lives being lost.

Driver Iain Black, 50, was left with a broken neck after his Virgin train left the track at Grayrigg, Cumbria, in 2007, killing one and injuring 22.

In great pain, his first thought was to call train manager Janice Duff, 32, to prevent other trains hitting the wreckage. He said: “My first priority was to get other trains stopped.”

The couple say the crash, which was blamed on faulty points, has brought them closer together.

Now they plan to marry next summer before going by train to the Costa del Sol for their honeymoon.