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.
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Regulator: Manual authorisation of trains alone won't make trains safer
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.
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Untu: Railway regulator not doing enough to ensure train safety
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.
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FS train crash: Truck driver had ample warning to stop, says regulator
The Shosholoza Meyl crash claimed the lives of 19 people, while another 254 were treated for injuries.
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Metrorail: Less than 100 Germiston train crash victims still in hospital
More than 220 passengers sustained minor injuries when one train rear-ended a stationary locomotive at the Geldenhuis Station on Tuesday.
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Railway Safety Regulator says human error caused Germiston train crash
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.
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Families of Kroonstad train crash victims to start identification process
Nineteen people died when a truck allegedly ignored a stop sign at a railway crossing just outside the small Free State town on Thursday.
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Free State train crash: Prasa expects second line to reopen soon
Nineteen people were killed and hundreds others were injured last week, when the train crashed into a truck that allegedly failed to stop.
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Prasa reopens PE-JHB line, trains operational
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.
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Witness describes first moments of horror after FS train crash
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.
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Cops open culpable homicide case after Kroonstad train crash
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.
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Truck driver in deadly Kroonstad train accident taken for blood test
The truck, which was towing a trailer, failed to stop at a railway sign on Thursday and crashed into a Shosholoza Meyl locomotive.
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Fears that Free State train crash death toll could rise
Acting Prasa CEO Mtuthuzeli Swartz says the final death toll is yet to be confirmed.
