A truck collided with a V/Line passenger train near Sale, Victoria, injuring several passengers. The truck's trailer pierced the side of the train carriage, causing significant damage and throwing passengers around. Buses were deployed to transport passengers to their destinations.
Several passengers have been injured in a crash between a truck and a V/Line passenger train at Kilmany, near Sale , in Victoria's east. Mallacoota retiree Phillipa Hamilton was sitting in the train's front carriage on the way to Bairnsdale when the truck's trailer pierced the side of the carriage, dislodging her seat and throwing her a metre into the air.
'I was sitting in my seat having a coffee and saw a trailer go in front of the train and thought 'shit', something's going to happen,' Ms Hamilton said. 'The next minute it punched through the wall beside me, the seat was broken and I was thrown up in the air and all I ended up with was a sore arm. She said a group of women in the same area of the train also sustained injuries to their hips, legs and heads. 'It could have been so much worse,' Ms Larkins said. 'After the actual impact, I saw something go flying past the window which I assume was the actual trailer flying through the air and when I've seen the size of it, all I can say is we're very lucky.' Buses have taken the passengers onto Sale and Bairnsdale. She was on the last leg of her journey to Bairnsdale after an overnight flight from Perth. 'The staff got on the microphone and told us they would be coming to check us all so the priority seemed to be us passengers, which was good,' Ms Love said. A V/Line spokesperson said the National Rail Safety Regulator and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau had been notified about the accident. 'We thank passengers for their patience while we work to get them to their destination as quickly and safely as possible following an incident at a crossing near Kilmany,' the spokesperson said. 'Safety is our priority and we will work with the relevant authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision.
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