Minibus driver charged

Three farm workers were killed in the crash

The driver of a minibus involved in fatal crash with a high-speed train has been charged with manslaughter.

Three people died in the crash which happened at a private level crossing at a farm in Worcestershire on 7 July.

Adnan Kadir Karim, 25, from Iraq, appeared with his right arm in a sling and using a crutch before magistrates in Worcester, charged with three counts of manslaughter.

Mr Karim, living in Handsworth, Birmingham, spoke through an interpreter only to confirm his name, age, and address.

He had been arrested after being discharged from hospital in Worcester, where he was treated for serious injuries following the incident.

The minibus carrying eight foreign agricultural workers collided with a First Great Western train in Charlton, near Evesham.

An inquest into the deaths of Soran Karim, a 23-year-old Iraqi, Satish Kumar, 28, from India, and Islam Uddin Ahmed, 46, from Bangladesh, was opened and adjourned on Thursday at Worcestershire Coroner's Court.

Two of the men had been living in Smethwick, West Midlands, and the other had been living in Stoke-on-Trent.

One passenger on the train suffered minor injuries in the crash.