Railway Safety Regulator urges people to be cautious when approaching railway lines

Loyiso Langeni
26 November 2013

The Railway Safety Regulator has confirmed that it is conducting its own investigation into the fatal accident which involved a taxi and a train on Sunday evening which left two people died. 

It is believed that the driver of a taxi lost control while he was approaching the T-junction of a road over a rail bridge. 

The taxi then hit a concrete wall and fell onto the railway line which resulted in the taxi being struck by the train. 

Acting Senior Manager on RSR Babalwa Mpendu said after that incident a few minutes later there was a train that struck a taxi from the rear-end and resulting in two fatalities and thirteen people were injured as the result of that accident.

“We would like to urge people as the Railway Safety Regulator to be cautious when they approach roads that lead to railway lines and to reduce their speed as well,” Mpendu added.