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4 October 2005 - Update on Hatfield Rail
Disaster
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Updating our news item of 7 September 2005, regarding the
Hatfield disaster, charges against the four Balfour Beatty maintenance engineers
accused of breaching safety rules prior to the disaster were dropped yesterday,
Monday 3 October 2005, at the Old Bailey.
The King's Cross to Leeds train was derailed on 17 October 2000,
causing 4 deaths and 102 injuries,
Network Rail and Balfour Beatty, who have both been convicted of
breaching safety laws, will have sentences passed upon them by Mr. Justice
Mackay, the trial judge, later this week, where it is expected substantial fines
will be imposed.
The prosecution says warnings of cracked rails were ignored and
that "a cavalier approach to safety meant the derailment was an accident waiting
to happen."
Our earlier news item on the Hatfield disaster can be accessed
by clicking the following:
7 September 2005 - Hatfield Crash Corporate Manslaughter Charge Thrown Out
Article by Alexandra Johnston
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