Prasa must impose 'severe' consequences to avoid further accidents - Peters
21 February 2017
Johannesburg – The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) should impose "severe" consequence management measures following a head-on collision between two passenger trains at the Rosslyn station during peak hour on Monday evening, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said.
"The Railway Safety Regulator must conduct a thorough inspection of the collision scene, call witnesses and produce a report and recommendations to ensure that proper action is taken at the conclusion of the investigation," Peters said in a statement on Tuesday.
Prasa was also urged to take immediate measures to improve safety and reliability of trains.
Peters wanted the agency to also put severe consequence management measures in place and ensure that such incidents did not happen again.