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Freight train's fault leads to head-on crash in Germany: report
The negligence of two successional red lights by the driver of the freight train caused the head-on train crash on Saturday night in eastern Germany,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], reports by local news agency DPA on Tuesday.The conclusion was drawn from a confidential report prepared by the German Transport Ministry,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a copy of which was obtained by DPA,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], said DPA.
The freight train rushed through two warning signals in succession and drove onto the track for the passenger train, the report said.When the danger was detected,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a railway controller in Hordorf sent radio signals to both trains to order them to stop instantly to avoid this terrible tragedy.
The 35-year old passenger train driver,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who was killed in the crash, had slowed down the speed from 98 kilometers per hour to 66 meters per hour when collision happened, a move that greatly helped reduce the loss of lives.
However, whether the 41-year old driver of the freight train had reacted toward the stop radio signal was still unclear, as he was in the hospital and greatly shocked by the accident. The report said.The owner of the freight train,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Salzgitter AG, a steel group said the train was carrying quicklime from a quarry near Blankenburg to its factories and had been late for two hours.
Saxony-Anhalt state prosecutors and police issued a joint statement on Monday saying they will investigate the freight train driver,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who survived the accident. He is charged with negligently causing deaths and injuries, and endangering rail traffic.German national rail provider Deutsche Bahn's CEO Ruediger Grube also promised on the public television ARD on Monday night that the company will analyze all single-track lines in Germany and install automatic braking system at all necessary places.
The train accident, which killed 10 people and seriously injured 23,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], was Germany's worst since 2006,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], when an experimental magnetically-levitated train crashed into an inspection vehicle on a test track,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], killing 23. In 1998, a high-speed ICE train derailed, leaving 101 dead,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 88 injured.
Bakhit appointed as Jordan's new prime minister
Jordan's King Abdullah II named Marouf Bakhit as the new prime minister on Tuesday after the resignation of Samir Rifai,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the state-run Petra news agency reported.Born in 1947, Bakhit joined the Jordanian Armed Forces in 1964 and retired in 1999 as a major general. He once served as the ambassador to Turkey and Israel, the head of National Security and the acting director of the king's office.Bakhit served as Jordan's prime minister from 2005 to 2007.
In the letter of appointment,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Abdullah II urged the new government to take "swift and tangible steps to embark on genuine political reform process,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," to entrench democracy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and to push forward the comprehensive development process,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], stressing the importance of focusing on economic reforms.The king said the desired objectives for economic reforms would not be realized without political reforms that increase the participation of Jordanians in the decision-making process.
Abdullah II urged Bakhit to come up with a mechanism for comprehensive national dialogue with all the classes in the society,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as well as a new modern election law to help speed up the political process.After weeks of protests by Jordanians calling on the government to step down,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Rifai,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who was named as the prime minister in 2009,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], submitted his resignation to the king earlier Tuesday.