New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, arrives at the scene of a train accident at the Hoboken Terminal Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 in Hoboken, N.J. A speeding rush-hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across t
ON BBC 1’s Six O’clock News tonight (September 29) there was a piece about a railway accident in New Jersey, USA. It included an interview with someone about a previous accident there and another interview with someone who lives in the area. At the time of broadcast, it was known that one person had died.
That is a tragedy for that person and his or her family and whether it was one death or one in a 100 will make no difference to them. But there have been major rail catastrophes in (for example) India and China where the death toll was measured in hundreds that have hardly rated a mention on BBC1. Why the difference?
John Happs,
16a Montgomerie Terrace, Ayr.
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