Divers, working in the pitch black in deep and torrid water, were able to find the car on the river bed and the bodies of four men were recovered.

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He eventually ended up having the car towed on a flat-bed to the final charging station.

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So I would make a car from blankets and drive in bed.

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Twenty-five flat-bed carriages, each with car components packed into pallets, were being pulled by the train at the time of the derailment.

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Ceiron Cook, 36, of Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, ran home and went to bed leaving Lynsey Popp, 28, alone in the car on a country road near the town.

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He eventually abandoned his car in the Twerton area of the city before checking in at a bed and breakfast.

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And so, with no money for restoration, the car sat in various garages, serving as a very large and very expensive cat bed for nearly two decades.

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Rovos' most special feature is its observation car, where a well-stocked bar stays open until the last guest has gone to bed.

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