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Railway authorities suspend driver, his assistant Tribune News Service
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Chandigarh: Taking a serious note of the fault of the driver and the assistant driver of the relief engine which hit a passenger train at an overbridge in the Industrial Area yesterday, the railway authorities have suspended both of them. An inquiry has been marked against them. Railway Divisional Manager PK Sanghi said investigating officials had been asked to submit their report within 10 days.Sources said the medical examination of both the employees was conducted after the incident and the reports were yet to be received. The sources said it was found that the relief engine, which should have been running at a speed of 10 km per hour as per the norm, was moving at 63 km per hour, which led to the collision.Officials said the authorities had asked them to make recommendations on how such incidents could be avoided in the future. In the preliminary report prepared by the officials, it has been pointed out that the incident occurred due to a manual fault and high speed.In the report, the officials have mentioned that a rescue engine, which was sent to push the train following a technical problem in the main engine, hit the train. Earlier, another rescue engine had been sent to the spot, but it failed to repair the fault and broke down at the site.