The Lower House Transport and Labour committees are to hear CEO of Italian rail operator Rete ferroviaria italiana (RFI) Gianpiero Strisciuglio in relation to the rail disaster at Brandizzo station near Turin in which five track maintenance workers were hit and killed by a train on Wednesday night in a joint session on Tuesday, parliamentary sources said on Monday.
The committees will also hear representatives of trades union confederations CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL and of the unions Usb, Orsa and Fast-Confsal.
The RFI employee responsible for the worksite on which the five maintenance workers were killed is one of two people under investigation in relation to the incident, as prosecutors try to establish why work was allowed to begin before there was confirmation that traffic on the line had been halted.
Sources say investigators believe work started even though the RFI employee was denied the all-clear for it to begin in three phone calls with network officials.
The other suspect is the worksite foreman, employed, like the victims, by contractor Sigifer. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa News Agency (ANA)