Rail crash due to economic reasons (2)

(ANSA) - Bari, October 25 - Puglia Governor Michele Emiliano said Tuesday a rail crash that killed 23 people on the single-line track between Andria and Corato on July 12 could have been averted if the Ferrotramviaria company had installed the SCMT train movement control system. He said the firm put off installing the system for "an economic reason". Emiliano said "the maximum safety possible was achievable with a modest investment" of "a few hundred thousand euros". He said "the judicial question will be played out on on this". The fact that two trains were waiting at his station in Andria induced station master Vito Piccarreta into an "automatic" mistake that resulted in one of them getting onto the single track north of Bari and colliding with another coming from Corato and killing the 23 people, investigators said.