Southern Railway has initiated disciplinary proceedings against the loco driver for causing the train accident at Chennai Beach in April.
An empty EMU rake was being taken from the shed to Platform No. 1 on April 24 when the engine went off the track and overshot the buffer end of the platform. The concrete platform and the shelter at the entrance of the railway station were damaged. Nobody was injured in the accident as it was a Sunday and there were not many people on the platorm.
According to eyewitnesses, the driver alerted those on the platform to move away and jumped out of the train which then went on to hit the wall at the end of the platform.
