POLICE in Greenock said last night that two youths had been charged in
connection with the death of two men in last weekend's train crash.
Their arrest followed a week of intense police activity in the town,
with detectives interviewing more than 2000 people since the crash on
Saturday night.
A Strathclyde Police spokesman said the youths, aged 16 and 17, were
expected to appear at Greenock Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
He said they had been detained under Section Two of the Criminal
Justice (Scotland) Act, which is employed by the police in the case of
individuals suspected of serious crime.
The actual charges to be brought against the youths will be decided by
the procurator-fiscal.
Police inquiries are continuing into the accident, but the indications
last night were that no other arrests are expected in the near future.
The train, from Wemyss Bay to Glasgow, was derailed while travelling
through Greenock at 11.45pm last Saturday.
Police investigations showed that a heavy object was on the line
shortly before the collision.
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