driver dies in welding van blast

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Driver dies in welding van blast.

A driver was killed when a van carrying welding equipment exploded in a County Durham market town. Windows in shops and homes were left shattered and wreckage was strewn across the centre of Wolsingham. Homes near the scene were evacuated after the blast. It is not yet known what caused the cylinders to explode when the driver stopped his van near the shops. It is confirmed by the police that the driver died in the incident. Catherine Dipper, a woman who lives near the shops were the accident happened woke up by the big explosion. When she went out to investigate she found out that every front window of the house had been blown in. She checked on her son, who sleeps at the front side of the house, right away. He wasn’t injured, but he was completely covered with glass. Luckily no other people died or got wounded by the accident.

Comment:
I think it is not such a big news topic, but the reason it struck me was because my friend lives in Durham. I went there three weeks ago and I know the place where the accident happened. She could have been there easily at that time and got hurt or even could have died! It is a miracle anyway that no other people died or got wounded; that there is only one victim. It was also a miracle that the little boy who slept at the front side of the house where the windows had blown in remained unhurt. What a shock it must have been for the mother. I feel so sorry for the victim. It was such a sad, random accident. He has probably left behind a family!