{"id":127519,"date":"2024-09-16T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=127519"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T07:55:43","slug":"cattle-truck-collides-with-the-ghan-outside-of-alice-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=127519","title":{"rendered":"Cattle truck collides with the Ghan outside of Alice Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An investigation is underway after a cattle truck collided with the Ghan passenger train about 60 kilometres north of Alice Springs on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truck collided with the train&#8217;s second locomotive at the Arltunga Crossing at about 10am as the train was travelling south, according to initial reports from police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver of the truck was treated by paramedics for shock and was taken to hospital, NT Police said. There have been no injuries reported by passengers on board.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\" id=\"104355470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-49.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-49.png 862w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-49-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-49-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The driver was treated for shock, police say.&nbsp;(ABC News: Xavier Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Journey Beyond, the company operating the Ghan, said no serious injuries had been identified by passengers, train drivers or crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency services were attending the scene on Sunday afternoon, the company said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crash caused &#8220;significant damage to both the train and the truck&#8221;, police said, and all rail services in the area were suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is expected that disruptions to the rail network will continue for several days due to the train being unable to be moved,&#8221; police said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\" id=\"104355446\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-48.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-48.png 862w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-48-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-48-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Ghan was travelling south near Alice Springs when it collided with a truck on Sunday morning.&nbsp;(ABC News: Xavier Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;NT WorkSafe has been notified of the incident, and the Rail Network Controller has also been informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident is ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers would be transported by bus to Alice Springs, a social media post from the NT government said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation is underway after a cattle truck collided with the Ghan passenger train about 60 kilometres north of Alice Springs on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":127528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,2424,47],"tags":[5897,5898,4372,8051],"class_list":["post-127519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-level-crossing","category-rail-news","tag-alice-springs","tag-northern-territory","tag-rogue-trucks","tag-the-ghan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127555,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127519\/revisions\/127555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/127528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}