A practice that Ghana lately acquired from Poland has collided with a lorry throughout a check run within the Jap Area, the authorities say.
It rammed into the deserted automobile that was on the tracks of the Tema-Mpakadan railway line on Thursday, inflicting minor harm to the practice’s cabin space, the railway ministry mentioned.
The practice driver, railway inspectors and passengers all escaped unharmed.
Police say they’ve arrested the motive force of the deserted lorry.
There was no-one within the lorry when it was hit and the placement the place the it was left was not designated as an authorised stage crossing, the ministry of railways improvement mentioned in a press release.
“Regardless of the instant software of the emergency braking system, the practice was unable to come back to a whole cease earlier than colliding with the automobile,” it added.
Railways Minister John Peter Amewu described the incident on Fb as “unlucky, irresponsible, and unpatriotic!”.
Preliminary investigation confirmed that the suspected driver left the truck unattended on the railway line, resulting in a collision with the practice, the Ghana Police Service mentioned in a short assertion.
The authorities mentioned the investigation into the incident would proceed, and guaranteed the secure operation of the railway system.
Ghana purchased two diesel-powered trains from Poland to spice up the railway transport system.
The primary new Diesel A number of Unit (DMU) practice arrived within the nation two weeks in the past and it was designated to function on the brand new 100km (60-mile) Tema-Mpakadan line.
The second can be shipped in Could, and it’s anticipated to reach in August, railway company chief Yaw Osuwu advised native media.
The primary practice with 12 fashionable passenger coaches was conducting a check run on the road, which is a brand new route aimed toward enhancing public transport opening up Ghana’s japanese hall.
The road is a part of a deliberate 1,000 km venture which is predicted to attach Ghana and Burkina Faso by the port of Tema, native media reported.
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