Re: [NSW] Truck driver killed instantly by XPT train

["iyb" <iyb@dingoblue.net.au>]

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"Marvin The Martian" <choochoo@spin.net.au> wrote in message
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> Trains 1000 cars and trucks 0
>
> Daniel Bowen wrote:
>
> > http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0101/19/A14931-2001Jan19.html
> >
> > Truck driver killed instantly by XPT train
> >
> > Source: SMH|Published: Friday January 19, 4:11 PM
> >
> > A 46-year-old man died instantly when his truck was hit by an XPT train
in
> > south-western New South Wales today.
> >
> > The XPT, en route from Melbourne to Sydney, hit the truck at the Burns
Road
> > crossing at Bomen, 5km north of Wagga Wagga about 1.30pm AEDT, a police
> > spokesman said.
> >
> > The driver of the truck was killed instantly.
> >
> > The crossing has lights and bells but no boom gate and authorities were
> > investigating how the accident occurred.
> >
> > There were no reports of any injuries to train passengers or the train
> > driver.
> >
> > Passengers were taken to Wagga Wagga by bus.
> >
> > AAP
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> > dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> > http://www.danielbowen.com/
>