A traffic worker who was on duty during a train incident at Sighisoara station was fined 15,000 lei because he did not report the incident, the Romanian Railway Safety Authority (ASFR) announced, as quoted by Agerpres.

“On 06/02/2023, in connection with the state inspection carried out by the Romanian Railway Safety Authority (ASFR) at the Sighisoara railway station, in order to establish the reasons that led to the failure to report the railway incident immediately on 06/08/2023, it was established that the employee who was on duty at the time of the event, did not comply with the provisions of Art. 22, par. (4) from the annex to HG 117/2010, in the sense that it does not approve the occurrence of this railway incident. For non-compliance with these provisions, he was fined 15,000 lei in accordance with the provisions of Art. 92, par. (1) Addendum to GD 117/2010 regarding the approval of the Regulation on the investigation of accidents and incidents, the development and improvement of railway safety on the railways of the metro network in Romania,” the Office notes.

For its part, CFR SA also reported on Monday regarding the incident at the Sighisoara station that the first responsible person who should have informed the station master and the traffic controller of the Regional CF Brasov by phone was a traffic employee who did not report the incident, for which an investigation was initiated disciplinary investigation for failure to report and failure to fulfill official duties.

“Written approval was sent to all competent investigative bodies, including the Road Safety Inspector General (RGSC), after a control team from the Regional CF Brasov arrived at the Sighisoara station to check all data, including video recordings on the centralization unit. electronic traffic monitoring from the station, all information and conclusions of the control group are included in the Notice and sent electronically to all representatives of the authorized investigative bodies – AFER, AGIFER, TF Police and RGSC. After checking the video images of the electronic centralization installation, it was established that the driver of the GFR train did not stop on line 5, continued moving, overcame the exit signal from the station, which was in the STOP position, and passed train no. 26 and registered at the entrance of the CER-Fersped train, which had an entrance command on line 4. The traffic employee stated that he immediately asked two mechanics on the phone to stop the activities, and after the two sets stopped, the GFR train was was removed on line 5 and the CER-Fersped train was parked on line 4, each set was subsequently put back into service,” CFR SA said.

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According to the cited source, after checks carried out by the Regional Inspection of Brasov, it was found that the driver of the GFR train had passed a breathalyzer test when entering service at the Brasov depot, a test carried out by a private operator. personnel.

Regarding the cargo carried by the two private freight trains, CFR SA notes that they were not loaded with diesel or chemical fertilizers, the GFR train carried cement on the Rupea – Dej route, and the CER-Fersped train was loaded with logs and distributed in the Curtici – Sfantul Gheorghe relationship .

The Mures District Police Inspector (IPJ) announced on Sunday evening that police officers of the Mures County Transport Police Service in the Brasov Regional Transport Police Department reported themselves ex officio and opened criminal proceedings in the case of two trains that arrived on the same line in Sighisoara, which would transport flammable cargo.

“Given the information that has appeared in the public space regarding the possible event that occurred on June 8, 2023 at the Sighisoara station, during which a train entered another line on which another train was moving, the Mures County Police Transport Police Service in The Regional Department of the Brasov Transport Police was notified by post and opened criminal proceedings. The investigation is being conducted on the basis of the crime of “failure to perform official duties or their improper performance due to a malfunction”, on the occasion of which all the circumstances under which the event could have occurred will be checked. which is in question,” says the press release of IPJ Mureş.

The reaction of IPJ Mures came a day after information appeared in the public space, according to which “a collision between two trains loaded with diesel fuel, respectively chemical fertilizers” was avoided at the last moment on June 8 at Sighisoara station.

IPJ Mures did not specify at the time whether the incident had actually occurred and what the loading of the two freight trains was.