Robin Carlisle, MEC for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape will tomorrow morning join Metrorail and Transnet on a public awareness campaign to mark International Level Crossing Awareness Day, at Buttskop and Simonsvlei level crossings respectively.
Ten children died on the morning of 21 August 2010 when taxi driver Jacob Humphreys zigzagged around the booms at Buttskop level crossing in Blackheath. Humphreys faces 10 counts of murder.
Two motorists have been killed by trains at the Simonsvlei level crossing near Paarl in the past 8 months.
Details are as follows:
Date: 9 June 2011
Venues:
- Buttskop level crossing, in Blackheath – 7.15am to 8am
- Simonsvlei level crossing, near Paarl – 8.15am to 9am
Enquiries:
Steven Otter
Cell: 084 233 3811
Province
