South Africa: Enquiry to Look Into Metrorail Collision

Pretoria — Transport Minister Dipuo Peters on Friday confirmed that a joint board of enquiry between the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and Transnet will investigate the root cause of the collision of two Metrorail trains in Durban.

The trains collided between Havenside and Merebank under the bridge, south of Durban, on Thursday afternoon. Both trains were going in opposite directions when the collision happened.

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