Train and truck collision claims a life

MBABANE – A senior
member of Swaziland’s
freight transport industry
has died in hospital
following the collision of a
small truck he was driving
with a Swaziland Railway
freight train.
Stephen Gary Cooper,
67, was co-partner of
Instrument and Control
Systems which works with
Uni Cargo Cross Border.
The accident occurred
at the Matsapha Industrial
Estate and Cooper was
reportedly headed toward
his home at Tubungu
Estates when he drove his
vehicle onto the tracks
before an oncoming train.
A police spokesperson
said no conclusion could
yet be drawn on the
circumstances or cause
of death until a police
investigation had been
finalised.