Posted on 02/28/2023 7:19:49 PM PST by dynachrome
Switch-man sleeping
Train hundred and two
Is on the wrong track
And headed for you
Stationmaster charged in Greece train crash that killed 57
The 59-year-old stationmaster allegedly directed the two trains traveling in opposite directions onto the same track. He spent 7 1/2 hours Sunday testifying about the events leading up to the crash before he was charged and ordered held.
It would be a year before the wheels of justice worked that fast in the US with Unions and Lawyers.
Greece’s railways long suffered from chronic mismanagement, including lavish spending on projects that were eventually abandoned or significantly delayed, Greek media have reported in several exposes. With state railway company Hellenic Railways billions of euros in debt, maintenance work was put off, according to news reports.
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