Four Transnet Freight Rail workers were killed and two others seriously injured when a train collided head-on with a motorised track maintenance trolley on Tuesday, the Railway Safety Regulator said.
Spokesperson Lavinia Mahlangu said the trolley had been part of scheduled maintenance when the accident occurred in Letaba outside Tzaneen in Limpopo.
“The collision resulted in the deaths of four staff. Two others were seriously injured and are now in hospital,” she said.
All six were occupants of the maintenance trolley. The driver of the train and the train assistant were unharmed.
The train was transporting citrus fruit from the farming town of Letsitele to Tzaneen.
“The line is closed for clean-up operations. At this stage the circumstances leading to the collision are still under investigation,” she said adding that the Railway Safety Regulator was investigating the incident.
- SAPA
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