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Car and Railway Trolley Collide in Pärnu County
Today (3 February 2010) a traffic accident involving a passenger car and railway inspection trolley occurred in Urge, Pärnu County. Luckily, nobody was injured. The accident took place at 1.18 PM at a non-regulated level crossing of Urge-Kuiaru road. The Mitsubishi passenger car driven by Olev (57) moving towards Urge drove in front of a…
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Lorry Drives in Front of Freight Train
On 3 February 2010 at 2.27 PM a traffic accident took place in Rakke Rural Municipality of Lääne-Viru County, at the railway level crossing located on kilometre 52 of Rakvere- Väike-Maarja-Vägeva road. A Renault Magnum lorry with a trailer driven by Silver (30) drove in front of a train operated by Igor (45). The lorry…
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Young Man Dies in Train Accident in Pärnu County
Today (2 February 2010) at 9.27 AM an accident took place in Tootsi Rural Municipality of Pärnu County where a 21-years old young man stepped from the woods in front of the approaching Tallinn-Pärnu passenger train. According to Western Police Prefecture, the young man died in the accident. Source: www.DELFI.ee
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Car Hit by Passenger Train, Driver Dies
A passenger car with two persons inside drove in front of Tallinna-Tartu express train before 10 AM this morning at Kaarepere level crossing. The driver of the car died and the passenger was taken to a hospital. Agu Lall, PR Officer of the Police and Boarder Guard Board told that the person killed in the…
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PRESS RELEASE! June 25 is Trans-European Level Crossing Awareness Day
June 25 is Trans-European Level Crossing Awareness Day Operation Lifesaver Estonia (OLE) joined the initiative of international railway organisations organising a Trans-European Level Crossing Awareness Day taking place on June 25, 2009. The message of the campaign is: “Say no to accidents! Europe stands for safer level crossings!” During this day railway safety messages are…
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OLE Trains Police Officers from Southern Police Prefecture
On May 25-26, 2009 took place a training course for OLE’s volunteer presenters. This time it involved 8 police officers of Southern Police Prefecture dealing with crime prevention. OLE and Southern Police Prefecture have signed a cooperation contract aiming at making railway traffic safer through common activities. One of the provisions of the agreement was…
