The police accused the two men of endangering the safety of the public last Friday. If found guilty, they would face up to 10 years in prison. The Boegl&Krysl company worked on the reconstruction of the bridge the collapse of which devastated an international express train passing below.
Seven people died and some 70 suffered injuries in the worst railway accident in the country in the past 15 years. According to Two die in ultralight plane crash in South Bohemia ...
Test to confirm identity of last of Czech train accident victims ... detectives, the both employees, responsible for the bridge construction, knew about the damage to the repaired bridge's structure two days prior to the accident. However, they did not interrupt construction works that eventually led to the tragedy. "We definitely do not feel guilty in the sense of the police accusation," the men said in their joint statement for CTK. They claim that the components which according to the police caused the accident and proved their guilt were no longer in the supportive structure of the bridge at the time of the collision, because they were replaced two days before it. "A day ahead of the event, the structure was secured and it was stable. This is why we do not admit having committed any mistake," the accused men said, adding they are convinced they did not cause the accident.
(Ceske Noviny)
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