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After incidents at level crossings, Bahn draws consequences

2022-09-09T13:07:58.198Z


After incidents at level crossings, Bahn draws consequences Created: 09/09/2022Updated: 09/09/2022 14:54 The level crossing at Schanzer Weg. © Sina Schuldt/dpa After the latest report about a near-accident in Rastede, the railway wants to withdraw the entire team from a subcontractor. A new company is now to provide level crossing posts along the route. Something should also change with the con


After incidents at level crossings, Bahn draws consequences

Created: 09/09/2022Updated: 09/09/2022 14:54

The level crossing at Schanzer Weg.

© Sina Schuldt/dpa

After the latest report about a near-accident in Rastede, the railway wants to withdraw the entire team from a subcontractor.

A new company is now to provide level crossing posts along the route.

Something should also change with the controls.

Rastede – After several incidents at level crossings in Rastede (Ammerland district), the railway has drawn consequences.

A railway spokesman announced on Friday that the entire team of level crossing guards along the Wilhelmshaven - Oldenburg route of the commissioned subcontractor would be replaced at short notice.

Another service provider will provide a new team.

This should be checked even more closely.

"Security is and remains the top priority for DB," it said.

The police announced on Thursday that a couple had reported a near-accident at the Schanzer Weg level crossing.

The 50-year-old driver reduced her speed before the transition.

According to the woman and her husband, it was not clear whether the level crossing was free or closed.

The woman told the police that she was unable to interpret the behavior of the security personnel at the level crossing.

Finally, she brought her car to a standstill right in front of the tracks - at the moment when a diesel locomotive came from the left.

At that time, the distance between the vehicle and the locomotive was only a few meters.

The barrier system is currently out of order due to construction work.

The security of the transition is controlled manually.

The police had already been called to another level crossing in Rastede in the Liethe district on Wednesday.

In Liethe, a truck driver died in an accident with a train in Rastede on August 3rd.

A 36-year-old employee of a subcontractor of the railway is said to have hit an NDR reporter several times on Wednesday in the face and the back of the head.

The interviewee from the Pro Bahn passenger association intervened to help the victim, the police said.

He was also hit by the man.

He is being charged with assault and property damage.

"We condemn the incident in the strongest terms: we do not tolerate the violent behavior of our subcontractor's employees, it is absolutely unacceptable," said the railway spokesman.

"Whatever may have happened in advance - violence is not a solution!

That is why we are now examining the legal consequences with high pressure. ”The processing of the incident is still ongoing.

dpa

Source: merkur

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