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Police investigating the cause of a high-speed train accident in northwest England which killed an elderly woman and injured five other people, said on Saturday a set of points could be to blame. The state-of-the-art Virgin Pendolino tilting train, heading from London to Glasgow, derailed at 95 mph (150 kph) shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday in a remote area of Cumbria, scattering carriages down the side of an embankment. Police, who said it was “little short of a miracle” there had not been more deaths, said their inquiry was focusing on a set of points. Full Story