Fox News reported on a train wreck in So. Africa. Believed to be caused by a 'technical problem'. Anyone have more details on this?

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 11, 2000

Answers

South Africa Freight Train Crash-One killed three injurred.

here's the link:

http://news.24.com/English/South_Africa/South_Africa/ENG_218881_927099 _SEO.asp

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), January 11, 2000.

Driver allegedly fell asleep, but believe what you will. link

-- Mike (mike@noemail.net), January 11, 2000.

apologies,. wrong johannesburg crash.

mea maxima culpa, mike

-- mike (mike@noemail.net), January 11, 2000.

Two different crashes? The one reported by Fox occurred last night. Was the link about a different wreck? I have looked all over for the story. It seems like I have seen a lot of train wreck reports in the last ten days. Is it too early to tell if this is normal compared to previous years?

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 11, 2000.

There was another crash last october or something. I got confused because the aftermath hit this S African news site the same day as the clean-up report for the more recent crash info. here's a link to that story.

-- Mike (mike@noemail.net), January 11, 2000.

Oh yeah, one detail I forgot to mention...didn't catch how many were killed, if any, but a fuel car exploded as a result of the wreck. Fox showed footage of a massive fire and said something to the effect that rescue(?) workers couldn't get near the scene. I know, I should have paid closer attention. That's what I get for watching TV and computer at the same time.

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 11, 2000.

Thank you very much, Mike.

"According to a Spoornet spokesperson on the scene a train with 11 paraffin tankers and two diesel engines collided with a stationary train with two diesel engine and trucks containing phosphoric acid and lime. The second train was apparently waiting at a crossing for the signal to proceed."

I just love the way they investigate and report the reasons for these accidents.

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 12, 2000.