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19th August 2016, 18:56
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South Africa: Runaway diesel loco crash, 1 fatality
Jenni Evans, News24
Cape Town - A runaway diesel locomotive smashed head-on into a freight train and burst into flames, killing one train driver and critically injuring another, a trade union said on Friday. Train drivers Alexander Flemming and Jan Swanepoel, and train assistant Neo Jason Witkoei, were on their way from Rosmead in the Eastern Cape, to Kimberley in the Northern Cape, on Thursday, United National Transport Union (Untu) general secretary Steve Harris said. More details at News24
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19th August 2016, 22:41
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I wonder if it was a diesel runaway in this sense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine_runaway
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