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[KevinKorell]

CNN via MSN, 2/20/20:

 

 

  Melbourne train derailment: Two dead after train comes off tracks 

 

Two people have died and a number of people are injured after a train traveling from Sydney to Melbourne derailed in Victoria, Australia on Thursday evening.

 

 

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[CNJRoss]

Australian Associated Press via Yahoo News 4/2/20

Vic train derailment: what we know so far

 

THE VICTORIAN TRAIN DERAILMENT:

 

* An XPT train travelling from Sydney to Melbourne derailed at Wallan, north of Melbourne, on the evening of February 20 after entering a section of track with a speed limit of 15km/h at more than 100km/h

* The crash killed experienced driver John Kennedy, 54, and train pilot Sam Meintanis, 49

* There had been 153 passengers on board the train, with three suffering serious injuries in the crash and another 36 experiencing minor injuries. Five crew members were also injured

* Earlier that afternoon, the points - or movable rails - at either end of the Wallan Loop had been changed so rail traffic was diverted from the main line into a loop track

 

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[KevinKorell]

ABC News Australia, 4/2/20:

 

   XPT passenger train was doing 100kph in 15kph zone before fatal derailment near Wallan, interim report says  

 

 

A report into a fatal train derailment north of Melbourne in February has revealed the train was travelling at more than 100 kilometres per hour in a 15kph zone when it came off the tracks.

 

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