Free state train accident
Mass funeral for FS train accident victims underway
At least 21 people died when the train collided with a truck that ignored a traffic sign last month.
The Railway Safety Regulator has banned all manual authorisation of Prasa trains until a plan is in place to avoid human error in the wake of two serious crashes over the past week.
The regulator says that it is concerned about the recent train accidents and has ordered a stop to manual authorisation to avoid human error, which it says was the reason behind the Germiston crash.
The Shosholoza Meyl crash claimed the lives of 19 people, while another 254 were treated for injuries.
More than 220 passengers sustained minor injuries when one train rear-ended a stationary locomotive at the Geldenhuis Station on Tuesday.
A train rear-ended a stationary locomotive at the Geldenhuys train station earlier, leaving over 200 people injured. It's understood trains were being manually directed at the time.
Nineteen people died when a truck allegedly ignored a stop sign at a railway crossing just outside the small Free State town on Thursday.
Nineteen people were killed and hundreds others were injured last week, when the train crashed into a truck that allegedly failed to stop.
Prasa says trains from PE to Johannesburg will operate as normal on a single line and the other line is expected to be restored by Monday.
JP van der Gryp was working at his father's farm when he witnessed the train collide with a truck at a railway crossing in Kroonstad which left 18 dead.
It’s alleged that the truck driver failed to stop at a sign leading to the rail track when the train hit one of the two trailers he was towing.
The truck, which was towing a trailer, failed to stop at a railway sign on Thursday and crashed into a Shosholoza Meyl locomotive.
Acting Prasa CEO Mtuthuzeli Swartz says the final death toll is yet to be confirmed.