RO-1995-106

On 28 February 1995, at approximately 2240 hours, Train 258, a freight from Te Rapa to Westfield passed through the area immediately north of the Waikato River rail bridge in Ngaruawahia. Circumstantial evidence indicates it was this train which collided with a pedestrian who was crossing the line outside the driveway to his house at that time. The pedestrian was killed by a train at some time after 2230 in that area. No safety deficiencies which would have prevented this accident were revealed by the investigation.