Re: [NSW] Five (in a car) thought dead after train crash

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@eisa.net.au>]

I suppose at this location the XPT is doing its max which is born out by the
report that it came to a halt 1.5 clicks from the level crossing.  The
damage to the power car appears to be far more extensive than the last
smash.  Has that power car been returned to service yet?  Where is Gregory
exactly as I was driving back from Victoria yesterday and was near Yass at
the time of the accident?
Cheers
Rod Gayford

"Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> See also:
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/state/nsw/metnsw-27jan2001-11.htm
>
> Five killed in NSW train collision
>
> Five people are dead after an XPT train hit a car at a level crossing near
> Albury in southern New South Wales.
>
> The collision at Gerogery caused the front carriage of the train to
derail.
>
> The collision at Gerogery caused the front carriage of the train to
derail.
>
> Police media liaison officer Vanessa Allen says the five people in the car
> died, but no-one on the train was hurt.
>
> "The front carriage of the XPT has derailed and is currently sitting about
> 1.5 kilometres past the level crossing in an upright position," she said.
>
> "Forensic services, police, fire services, ambulance are all at the
scene."
>
> The Olympic Way has been closed at Gerogery, with motorists advised to
take
> a detour on the Hume Highway.
>
> It is the second fatal collision in just over a week involving an XPT
train
> at a level crossing in southern New South Wales.
>
>
>
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> http://www.danielbowen.com/
>
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