Damaged Gautrain

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Damaged Gautrain

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It seems that Gautrain are being very quiet about this. No information seems to be available about how or why this occurred.
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I've seen speculation that it was either a shunting accident or that it hit someone on the line.
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If it did hit somone (presumably a person or persons) I'd hate to see the damage done to that someone given this much damage done to the leading end!
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A designed "crumple zone" hitting a 100 kg person at 160 km/h...
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