The express was travelling at around 60‒65 mph when it collided with the rear of a local train, which had just pulled away from the station and was travelling at around 30‒35 mph. The rear coach of the local train was wrecked in the collision and two more were overturned.
A high-speed motorcoach crashed into a low-speed local train that had just departed from the station, causing severe damage to the train's rear section and leading to the overturning of two other coaches.