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Son to sue after parents killed at level crossing

THE son of an elderly couple who were killed when a train plunged into their car at a level crossing in the Highlands is to sue Network Rail for failing to prevent the tragedy.

Donald Mackay, a data analyst from Inverness, claimed the company had failed to implement safety measures following previous accidents at the Halkirk crossing in Caithness and the condition of the warning lights had made it unsafe.