BT: Train driver charged after train accident in Arna last year

The driver of the train that derailed in Arna last year has now been charged, reports Bergens Tidende.

Train driver charged after train accident in Arna last year – It is a preliminary charge. The investigation is still ongoing and if new information comes in, we must take it into account, police attorney Anja Mathiesen in the Western Police District tells the newspaper. The police suspect that the train driver has not checked the brakes well enough. The charge states the following, according to BT: “There is reasonable cause to suspect the accu…

The freight train derailed at Arna station in March last year. Now the driver has been charged, according to Bergens Tidende.

Police suspect that the brakes were not connected properly.