Stonehaven derailment - image of a train on tracks in woodland, and also a burned carriage down a slope.Image source, PA Media
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The fatal crash happened after heavy rain

ByKen BanksNorth east Scotland reporter
  • Published4 November 2026, 12:30 GMT
Updated 5 minutes ago

A train derailment which resulted in the deaths of three men could have been avoided if a drain had been built correctly, a sheriff has concluded.

Driver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died in the crash at Carmont, near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, in August 2020.

The train derailed after hitting debris which had washed from the drain following heavy rain.