Friday, March 2, 2012

NSW: Rail executives sacked in the wake of Waterfall report


AAP General News (Australia)
01-16-2004
NSW: Rail executives sacked in the wake of Waterfall report

By Kim Arlington and Melissa Jenkins

SYDNEY, Jan 16 AAP - Two senior rail executives were sacked today in the wake of the
Waterfall train disaster, as the government vowed to deal with those responsible for safety
failures at the former State Rail Authority.

Seven people, including train driver Herman Zeides, were killed when a Tangara train
derailed south of Sydney on January 31 last year.

The interim report of the accident inquiry, handed down by Commissioner Peter McInerney
yesterday, found that when Mr Zeides suffered a …

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