Re: 5 Dead in XPT accident

["Andrew Tailby" <atailby@optusnet.com.au>]

A report said that the train was in the dirt some lenght away from the
impact about 1200m's only the loco and the front car off the rails.
Andrew
<hagiss@my-deja.com> wrote in message 94tuom$brl$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:94tuom$brl$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> Brisbane radio 4KQ just reported five people killed when the Sydney -
> Melbourne Overnight XPT ran into a car on a level crossing near the
> Victorian border, around 4am today, Saturday 27th Jan 2001.
>
> No one on the XPT was injured.
>
> Countrylink spokeperson said it would look into the accident to find
> out why the vehicle was on the tracks at the level crossing.
>
> No mention of damage to the XPT.
>
>
> - Michael Pfeiffer
>
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