Deceased
The collision killed 14. Five were said to have been killed almost instantly, three died while still crushed in their carriages, one succumbed as rescuers reached him and two died on the Exeter station platform. The remaining three reportedly died in a sleeping carriage that had been turned into a temporary hospital.
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