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 speeding motorcoach collided with a slow-moving local train that had recently left the station, resulting in significant damage to the train's rear carriage and the overturning of two additional coaches.