Accidents and Incidents
On 11 April 2011 a fire broke out in a toilet cubicle on board unit 350232, following an explosion, whilst working service 1N84, the 16:25 from Northampton to London Euston as it was on its final approach to Leighton Buzzard, resulting in one fatality, the female occupant of the toilet, named as 43-year old Rachel James from Hemel Hempstead. Her death turned out to be a suicide, as she was carrying a can of petrol into the toilet and locked the door. All other passengers and the train crew escaped unharmed. Damage to the train was serious and it had to be returned to Siemens in Germany for repairs, it is now back in service with London Midland.
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