Derailment in Bern today

[Jamesrob637]

22-jähriger Bahnmitarbeiter stirbt bei Zugentgleisung

Am frühen Donnerstagmorgen ist im Güterbahnhof in Bern ein Zug entgleist. Ein 22-jähriger Bahnmitarbeiter wurde dabei tödlich verletzt.

www.derbund.ch

On Thursday morning, a goods train derailed in Bern, killing one railway worker.

Unfortunately, I can only find an article in German. R.I.P to the one deceased. Swiss railways are still very safe in spite of this tragic incident.

 

[MarkyT]

Switzerland still has a lot of wagonload traffic with much shunting involved. Being a railway shunter, operating hand brakes, connecting and disconnecting couplers and brake hoses etc often on moving vehicles in myriad yards across the country used to be one of the most dangerous occupations in the UK I recall in the steam age, rivalling mining and deep sea fishing I believe. This seems not to be one of those typical shunting tragedies where staff were trapped between vehicles or tripped next to a moving train. The vehicle left the rails, tipped and partially shed its load. The unfortunate individual was hit by the wreckage, either a bit of wagon or load. The big question is what caused the derailment in the first place.