Engine driver blamed for train collision

BELGRADE Human error has been blamed for the collision of two trains last Thursday in a tunnel in Belgrade, that left 22 passengers with light injuries. Serbian Railways announced on Wednesday that the driver of one of the trains failed to observe rail traffic regulations, thus causing the accident. Engine driver blamed for train collision The public company's Director Dragomir Simonovic told a news conference that the driver of the Belgrade-Novi Sad-Subotica train "most likely overlooked the signalization", and activated the brakes too late. Simonovic specified that the driver - who he said had 23 years of experience and was awarded for his performance four times - did not stop the train at the yellow light signal. The man will now "bear the responsibility", the Railways director also told reports. On May 2, the Belgrade-Novi Sad-Subotica train hit the Belgrade-Sid train that had stopped in a tunnel due to malfunction. (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Engine driver blamed for train collision

The public company's Director Dragomir Simonović told a news conference that the driver of the Belgrade-Novi Sad-Subotica train "most likely overlooked the signalization", and activated the brakes too late.

Simonović specified that the driver - who he said had 23 years of experience and was awarded for his performance four times - did not stop the train at the yellow light signal.

The man will now "bear the responsibility", the Railways director also told reports.

On May 2, the Belgrade-Novi Sad-Subotica train hit the Belgrade-Šid train that had stopped in a tunnel due to malfunction.