Eleven people lost their lives this week when a Semi Trailer slammed into the side of a VLine passanger train, the accident happened at a level crossing in the town of Kerang, the side of the passanger car was opened up like a can of beans, the Semi driver was rescued from the wreck and is recovering in hospital.
Only one in six of the 2,000 plus Victorian level crossings have boom gates, many crashes occur but usualy involve freight trains, sadly this time it happened to a passanger train.
Recently we had a serious smash between a Semi Trailer and a triple headed freight train, the semi was carrying a flamable load, all three locomotives were destroyed when the load blew up, just one of many, seems that trucks like to race trains across crossings these days, this of course has to be proved in the latest disaster, no good pre judging these things.
Regards
David.
Only one in six of the 2,000 plus Victorian level crossings have boom gates, many crashes occur but usualy involve freight trains, sadly this time it happened to a passanger train.
Recently we had a serious smash between a Semi Trailer and a triple headed freight train, the semi was carrying a flamable load, all three locomotives were destroyed when the load blew up, just one of many, seems that trucks like to race trains across crossings these days, this of course has to be proved in the latest disaster, no good pre judging these things.
Regards
David.