CHENNAI: A day after a 12-car suburban train crashed into the buffer at the dead-end of platform one at Chennai Beach Station, the government railway police (GRP) booked the loco pilot shunter, Shankar.
At around 4.25 pm, while driving the train from the stabling line to platform one, Shankar failed to apply brakes when the train was nearing the buffer stop, said a senior official from the GRP.
“Initially, the loco pilot misguided the police, attributing the accident to brake failure caused by power disruption on the train. However, an inquiry revealed that when the train was nearing the buffer stop, he inadvertently moved the brake lever of the train in the opposite direction of applying brakes. As a result, the train accelerated, resulting in the motor coach climbing on to the platform,” said the police.
