Re: [Vic]Ararat Collision, 26-Nov-99

["Lineman" <grime@dcsi.net.au>]

"Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
Xha94.2489$n23.7960@ozemail.com.au">news:Xha94.2489$n23.7960@ozemail.com.au...
> From http://www.news.com.au today ...
>
> Rail crash man sent into siding
>
> A MAN blamed by Freight Victoria for a head-on smash between two trains in
> Ararat last month has been sacked.
>
> Marinus van Onselen, the chief executive of Freight Victoria, said a
company
> investigation found the long-serving employee "operated the main line
points
> of his own volition without instruction or direction".
>
> etc. etc.
>
>
Well I guess that if the key had been locked  electrically ,he may not have
been able to do what he did.
Hope fully they learn a lesson or 2 and spend 8 million dollars on making
the route a bit safer for the people that use it.Very lucky this time.......
Graeme