“I let that train go, it was me that gave the signal,” La Stampa quoted Piccarreta as saying. Prosecutor Francesco Giannella said human error was only a part of the story and told La Stampa: “We will absolutely not stop at the obvious elements, at simple solutions. Two officials in charge of railway stations in southern Italy where a train crash killed 23 people have been placed under investigation as magistrates seek to determine the cause of the collision, a judicial source has said. A third person has also been named in the investigation but the source did not disclose their identity. The line has no hi-tech signalling, so stationmasters have to notify each other by telephone if a train is on its way.

Source: The Guardian July 14, 2016 13:23 UTC