Free on the restrictive conditions of the bail of 50,000 euros and the ban on leaving the country, the chairman of the OSE in the period 2020-2022 was left after his apology to the appellant-investigator.

Criminal prosecution was brought against him for the felony of disturbing the safety of transportation by omission and for the misdemeanors of manslaughter, grievous bodily harm and slight bodily harm by serial negligence by omission.

He is also accused of the crime of dereliction of duty as he approved the transfer of the 59-year-old station master to the specific position, who at that specific moment exceeded the age limit set by the OSE in the relevant announcement.

In today’s statement to the investigator, the former president of OSE reportedly denied the accusations attributed to him and “blamed” ERGOSE.

It should be noted that the specific prosecution has to do with not ensuring the maintenance of security systems such as the GSM-R digital communication system and signaling systems. Systems which, according to the findings in the case file, were not working on the evening of February 28 when the two trains collided in Tempi, resulting in the loss of 57 lives.

A former managing director of OSE is expected to apologize to the investigator tomorrow, while on Friday the president of OSE for the period September 2019-June 2020 will apologize.

LARISSANET