[Germiston 31 October 2011 09:00] A young man who was flung from a moving train this morning has lost his leg and required rapid transportation to an appropriate medical facility for life saving treatment. The man was found by paramedics lying next to the train tracks on the gravel where he was being stabilised by [...]
A father is mourning the death of his little girl after she was knocked down and killed by a train near the Klaarwater train station just outside Pinetown this afternoon. ER24 received the call and rushed to the scene where they were taken by the community to where the little girl was lying. Unfortunately there [...]
According to bystanders who witnessed the incident, the woman in her 30′s was running to catch the train as it was pulling away from the platform. As she tried to get on the train she lost her footing and fell into the gap between the platform and the train. The train then allegedly dragged the [...]
A 32 year old man has died in hospital after sustaining severe injuries following an alleged leap from a moving train earlier on Tuesday evening. ER24 paramedics were called to a section of the railway approximately 3 kilometers from the Cato Ridge Railway Station toward the Mpumalanga Station after a man is suspected to have [...]
“Act safely at level crossings!” International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) on 9 June 2011 There is no doubt that the train is the safest form of land transportation. It is when the interfaces with other forms of transport are factored into the rail system that the operational risks increase, with the interface at level [...]
A tremendous group effort from Johannesburg Emergency Medical Services and multiple private ambulance services has led to the successful treatment and transportation of hundreds of commuters injured in this evening’s train accident near Soweto. It is unclear as to how the collision occurred, but the ER24 emergency control centre received a call that two trains [...]
Two children were killed when they were hit by a train in the Paarl area on Wednesday. Details of the incident remain unclear. Western Cape Emergency Medical Services paramedics were called to the scene. Spokesperson Keri Davids said the two boys were under the age of three. This is the second incident in the past [...]
The 4th International Seminar on Railway Safety and Security held on 21 and 22 April in Ifrane, Morocco was a great success, marked by the active and ample participation of delegates during work sessions and quality of questions raised during the debates held after each set of presentations. The next major planned dates and outlook [...]
(Paris, 13 April 2011) The 1st UIC World Congress on Rail Training was successfully held on 6-8 April 2011 at the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering within the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – UPM). Some 170 delegates representing 34 countries from all continents attended this first UIC congress dedicated to [...]
A twenty nine year old man is in a serious condition after being found lying next to the railway lines near George Dale in Cato Ridge this morning. ER24 were notified by the local authorities of a man that had being found lying next to the railway lines and needed medical assistance. Once on scene, [...]
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