While it may indeed be the fault of the engineer, it seems pretty convenient for the “authorities” to assign blame to a dead guy. After all, the dead guy can’t be sued but the rail authority can be.
Isn’t it always PILOT error!
“After all, the dead guy can’t be sued but the rail authority can be.”
If the dead guy was the employee of the rail authority, it makes no legal difference for civil suits. The rail authority is responsible, just like Exxon was responsible for employing the drunken tanker captain.
Many rail systems have some mechanism to force a train to stop on a red signal. Primitive technology was one cause of this disaster.
I think I read on another thread that a text message was sent from the engineers phone at the time he was blowing the stop signal.