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

["Glenn J-B" <grjb@optushome.com.au>]

> 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.

Funny how the train always hits the vehicle and normally wont say that the
vehicle drove onto the level crossing with the train approaching.

> The crossing has lights and bells but no boom gate and authorities were
> investigating how the accident occurred.

And the difference with or without gates is? The train alone sounds an alert
(its horn) when approaching level crossings which from memory is multi toned
and load, and if you dont manage to hear that then all the lights at the
front of the train flash madly.