Train workers jump clear of freight train with 'second to spare' after miscommunication

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Network Rail says it has accepted recommendations after two track workers jumped out of the path of an oncoming freight train with less than a second to spare in a frightening near miss.

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Train workers jump clear of freight train with 'second to spare' after miscommunication

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