Pretoria – Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has conveyed her condolences to the families of a Transnet train driver and a train assistant who died when a train comprising of three locomotives derailed between Durban and Pietermaritzburg in the early hours of Sunday morning.
“I am saddened by the death of the Transnet personnel and would like to express my sympathy to their families and colleagues,” she said in a statement.
“I have asked Transnet to give the families the necessary support they would need during this period. I have also requested Transnet to continuously review its safety procedures on the various rail routes to prevent and minimise a recurrence.”
The cause of the derailment was being investigated, Brown said.
African News Agency (ANA)