South African train collision kills three, injures 600 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseTwo passenger trains collided head-on during the morning rush hour in South Africa’s capital city Pretoria Tuesday, killing three people and injuring hundreds, emergency services said. Two critically injured people were airlifted from the scene of the crash in Mountain View, northern Pretoria, spokesman Charles Mabaso told AFP. “We need to find a way of dealing with rail safety,” he said, demanding explanation from the country’s rail agency. Khanyisile Kweyama, the chairwoman of the board of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), admitted that the security of rail signaling cables “hasn’t been” great.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 09, 2019 02:30 UTC