Human error was the cause of Monday’s collision between two Metrorail passenger trains, in which one person died and 243 commuters were injured.  

The crash happened on the railway line split from the Kaalfontein station towards the Oakmoor and Tembisa stations in Ekurhuleni.  According to Metrorail, one of the trains passed a danger signal before colliding with the other train head-on.  While Metrorail said a board of inquiry would be established to determine the root cause of the accident, a police spokesperson said a case of culpable homicide had been opened and would be investigated.  Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng confirmed that the preliminary finding was that human error led to the accident.  She said 243 people had been injured, and the deceased was a young man his 20s who had been travelling from school.

• Based on reports on page 3 of The Citizen of 25 October 2016 and The Star
• See too, Culpable homicide case opened following fatal Tembisa train crash, at The Citizen

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