DISMISSED
TRAIN DRIVER WHp SLEPT.
The Minister of Railways (Mr. Massey) stated on Saturday that the driver of the north-bound Main Trunk express which, on February 17, narrowly escaped colliding with the south-bound express at’. Hunterville, has been dismissed from ittie Railway Service. It had been ascertained that the driver was asleep at the time of the incident. The north-bound train, it will be remembered, dashed past t9.ie south-bound train at full speed just after the latter train had turned into the station line at Huntorville. The nort'h-bound train had overrun its tablet, and the avoidance of a head-on collision seems to have been due merely to good luok. The two trains were carrying about 600 passengers, at the time, and were each travelling at be-.'ween 35 and 40 miles an hour. It has been stated officially that the driver of the north-bound train had been off duty for twenty-four hours before taking the train out;
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 138, 7 March 1921, Page 4
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156DISMISSED Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 138, 7 March 1921, Page 4
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