Expert claims BR could have acted negligently

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Field Service Engineer progress rail Motimedi Ngati responding to questions from the BR board of enquiry in Mahlapye PIC: KOKETSO KGOBOGE

MAHALAPYE: A public inquiry into a train accident that claimed two lives last year has been told that Botswana Railways (BR) could have acted negligently.

This is the view of first witness, Motimedi Ngati, a field service engineer at Progress Rail/EMD that supplied the locomotives to the rail line operator.

Progress Rail/EMD is an Indianapolis headquartered locomotives manufacturing company with an engine plant in Chicago and with regional offices in Pretoria.

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