AAP General News (Australia)
01-16-2004
NSW: New medical tests will leave train driver shortfall: Costa
SYDNEY, Jan 16 AAP - Stricter medical testing of train crews introduced after the Waterfall
derailment would leave a shortage of train drivers in NSW, Transport Minister Michael
Costa said today.
Train driver Herman Zeides, 53, was one of seven people killed when a Tangara train
crashed south of Waterfall station on January 31 last year.
The accident inquiry found Mr Zeides had suffered a heart attack at the controls and
that inadequate medical examinations had failed to detect that he was at risk.
Train crews are now …
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