The projected cost of repairing the train involved in the accident during the test is $2,138,466.66.
The State Prosecutors prosecuting the case revealed this in the High Court.
The prosecution informed the court that evaluators from Poland assessed how much it would cost the state to reconstruct the wrecked train following a thorough assessment.
The state has taken four people to court for causing damage to a brand new train that was supposed to run on the Tema-Mpakadan railway line.
On Thursday, June 6, 2024, the state withdrew a previous charge sheet and filed a new one.
In the new charge sheet laid before the court, the prosecution stated that the first accused on the day of the accident, bought some concrete blocks at Juapong in the Volta region and transported same to Abutia also in the Volta region.
After dispatching the blocks, the accused person and his colleagues decided to cross the railway as a shortcut.
They stacked stones on that portion of the railway to allow the truck to cross, but regrettably, the truck became stuck.
The Railway Authority was also conducting a test run of the train on the same rail route at the time of the crash.
That, according to the state, caused the damage to the train up to the tune of $2,138,466.66.
The four accused persons have been charged with four counts including using a railway line in breach of the Railway Act; aiding in endangering persons in the train; using the railway line contrary to the Railway Act; unlawfully placing stones in the railway line contrary to the Railway Act; and causing unlawful damage.
They have all pleaded not guilty to all four counts.
Meanwhile the court has granted all four accused persons 200.000 cedis bail with one surety to be justified.
The case has been adjourned to June 27.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
