Collision and run-over of two employees by fast train No 2654 between the stations of Telish - Gorni Dabnik - track No 2 on 06.06.2024
The Telish – Gorni Dabnik interstation, track No 1, was closed to trains and vehicles with a telegram from the Director General of SE NRIC dated 23 May 2024 for carrying out a CRW.
Due to a production need for the implementation of basic CRW on the rail track, by order of the Director of Vratsa Railway Section, on 6 June 2024, RSPM No 99529423013-2 departed from Telish station at 21:08. It departed with two engine drivers for work on the rail track in the section between Telish and Gorni Dabnik, track No 1 at km 165+500. In RSPM No 99529423013-2 travelled the chief engineer and head of transport group.
RSPM No 99529423013-2 arrived at the place of work at km 160A+100. They tamped about 100÷150 meters of rail track. They put the RSPM in a transport position and continued the traffic to km 165+484 around 21:50 p.m. The accompanying chief engineer and head of the transport group travelled with the driver in the first cabin of the RSPM. The head of the transport got off from the RSPM on the left in the direction of traffic towards track No 2. The chief engineer remained in the cabin to check the data entered into the PC of the RSPM with those of the project. The two engine drivers started preparing to bring the machine from the transport position to the working position.
In the section from Varna station to Gorni Dabnik station, FT No 2654 was on schedule. At Gorni Dabnik station, the train arrived at 21:52 p.m. for a meeting with PT No 20103. At 21:59 p.m., the train departed one minute late. When the train was running on the current track No 2, after exiting the left curve, the locomotive crew saw on the current track No 1 the lights of RSPM No 99529423013-2 and gave the alert ‘Warning’. At the time of the meeting between FT No 2654 and RSPM No 99529423013-2, the locomotive crew heard a blow from the front of the locomotive and the locomotive driver made a quick stop. The train stopped at km 164+769 at 22:03 p.m. During the inspection of the locomotive from the locomotive crew, it was found that one employee was lying near the RSPM on track No 1, and parts of the corpse of the other one were scattered on track No 2.
At 06:30 a.m., the train movement on track No 2 was restored as scheduled.