Train drivers say it's a "constant nightmare" passing through the Waikato town of Ngaruawahia, which is one of several trouble spots nationwide. The Rail and Maritime Transport Union general secretary, Wayne Butson, told NZH Focus the Ngaruawahia death is an absolute tragedy. "The problem is ... is that when train drivers are driving trains near these spots, they get very very stressed, they start worrying and they always live with the constant nightmare that actually they may know the person being involved in this," he says. He says the majority of the train drivers working in New Zealand have been involved in at least one fatality. We have train drivers each year who have to give up the job they love doing, simply because they end up with post-traumatic stress [disorder]."

Source: Otago Daily Times March 19, 2018 06:56 UTC