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10/11/2010
Rail Firm Faces Potters Bar Crash Charges
The Office of Rail Regulation has said Jarvis Rail, a network rail and maintenance company, are to be prosecuted over the 2002 Potters Bar crash.
The London to King's Lynn train derailed after a points failure in May 2002, killing six people and a pedestrian.
A report from the Health and Safety Executive blamed poor maintenance.
The case is due to be heard at Watford Magistrates' Court in January.
In 2005, in relation to the crash, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was no realistic prospect of conviction for gross negligence manslaughter against any individual or corporation.
Last month, the rail regulator said it had been informed that the CPS saw no grounds to reconsider its decision.
However, discussing the recent conclusion of the inquest, the ORR's Director of Rail Safety, Ian Prosser, said: "I have decided there is enough evidence, and it is in the public interest, to prosecute Network Rail and Jarvis Rail for serious health and safety breaches.
"For the sake of the families involved, we will do all we can to ensure the prosecutions proceed as quickly as possible."
(BMcN/BMcC)
The London to King's Lynn train derailed after a points failure in May 2002, killing six people and a pedestrian.
A report from the Health and Safety Executive blamed poor maintenance.
The case is due to be heard at Watford Magistrates' Court in January.
In 2005, in relation to the crash, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was no realistic prospect of conviction for gross negligence manslaughter against any individual or corporation.
Last month, the rail regulator said it had been informed that the CPS saw no grounds to reconsider its decision.
However, discussing the recent conclusion of the inquest, the ORR's Director of Rail Safety, Ian Prosser, said: "I have decided there is enough evidence, and it is in the public interest, to prosecute Network Rail and Jarvis Rail for serious health and safety breaches.
"For the sake of the families involved, we will do all we can to ensure the prosecutions proceed as quickly as possible."
(BMcN/BMcC)
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