SURVIVORS of the Selby rail disaster reacted with anger to last night's BBC television documentary which saw crash driver Gary Hart tell his side of the story.

Hart's Land Rover careered off the M62 into the path of a high-speed train on the East Coast Main Line in 2001. The crash killed ten people and 76 were injured.

Prosecutors said Hart, 40, fell asleep at the wheel after spending most of the night before chatting to a woman he had met on the Internet.

He was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving and served half of a five-year jail sentence.

Last night, in the documentary One Life: Asleep at the Wheel, he refused to accept responsibility.

He said: "They (the victims) want that, but I'm accepting responsibility for the truth and the truth was not what was heard in court.

"They're always going to feel anger and I just want them to know that I've suffered just the same as them."

Crash victim Stephen Lofthouse, 44, from Acomb, near York, said: "I think it's a joke that Hart is being allowed to speak on the television. He's done two-and-a-half years in prison for killing ten people and injuring 76, and has never shown any remorse."

Mr Lofthouse was left with a fractured skull, a shattered shoulder and a metal eye socket and is still undergoing counselling.

Survivor Wendy Keenan, from Northumberland, said: "I was hoping he would say he was sorry but he is just arrogant."

A BBC spokesperson said that Hart was not paid for his appearance in the documentary.