Re: Car hits freight train

["The Fourth Warrior" <dave@detankard.u-net.com>]

John Regan wrote in message <01be0061$0e052b00$LocalHost@default>...
>Zealand news from The Southland Times - October 23, 1998
>Reproduced with out permission.
>
>Car hits freight train
>
>By Heather Peacocke
>
>
>
>A GORE man walked away dazed after his car slammed into a freight train
>north of Mataura last night.
>
>The 19-year-old farm worker sustained minor head and hand injuries and was
>taken to Gore hospital.
>
>Constable Glenn Kruger, of Gore, said the man was driving along Given Road
>towards state highway one at 6.15pm when his Mazda 626 met with a freight
>train heading to Christchurch.
>
>The train, with 17 carriages, was cruising at about 80kmh when the
>collision happened on the uncontrolled crossing near Charlton. The train
>stopped several hundred metres down the track.
>
>"If he was another metre forward, he would have been collected in the
>passenger's door," Mr Kruger said.
>
>An ambulance spokesman said the injured driver walked to the nearby farm
>where he worked to summon help.
>
>Train driver of 30 years Ray Scott, of Invercargill, was not shaken by the
>accident.
>
>"It's an occupational hazard," Mr Scott said.
>
>It had been a bad week after his wife had an accident in the family car on
>Monday, he said.
>
>Another driver took charge of the train so it could continue on to
>Christchurch.
>
>Mr Kruger said the collision was a timely reminder for drivers to stop and
>check every uncontrolled crossing. He was hoping to talk to the driver of
>the car today.
>
>Tranz Rail Invercargill terminal manager Bob Woodcock said it was procedure
>to investigate any accident.
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>
>Gore is located approximately 50 kilometres north of Invercargill in the
>deep south of New Zealand.
>
>
>

Excuse me!  But did you expect me to believe it was in Scotland?

The Fourth Warrior