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Female train driver injured in attack by stone-throwing commuters

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Nonhlanhla Dlamini was hit on the head and ear by some of the stones. She was bleeding profusely and had to wait for more than an hour for help to arrive.

A female Metrorail train driver had to get stitches after she was attacked by commuters for refusing to stop between stations in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday morning, the United National Transport Union has said.

According to information the Untu had received, 38-year-old Nonhlanhla Dlamini was en-route from Durban to Stanger when commuters wanted her to stop between stations. “It is bad. Very, very bad. I am a mother of three children. I used to love my job. But it has become so dangerous that I don’t know if I will return home alive to see my children.

Prasa called the attack on its staff members “reprehensible”, saying security services would be implementing a range of interventions to protect employees.Rapid rail police will be sensitised of any incidents on the ground. – Any stations at a junction or the end of a line would be closely monitored.Train drivers must keep their doors closed and stone guards up.Guards at stations should be extra vigilant.

 

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