{"id":174709,"date":"2025-02-11T17:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=174709"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T07:38:03","slug":"v-line-train-and-truck-collide-at-kilmany-in-gippsland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=174709","title":{"rendered":"V\/Line train and truck collide at Kilmany in Gippsland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police say the truck was towing an excavator when it and the train collided at 10:10am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Phillipa Hamilton was thrown from her seat. (ABC News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“My seat was completely ripped off.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Phillipa Hamilton’s seat was torn from its footings when the trailer pierced the side of the train carriage. (Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

She said a group of women in the same area of the train also sustained injuries to their hips, legs and heads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne Larkins was travelling through East Gippsland en route to New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It could have been so much worse,” Ms Larkins said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Anne Larkin saw the truck trailer fly through the air. (ABC News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

About 100 evacuated passengers stood outside the train for paramedics to assess them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buses have taken the passengers onto Sale and Bairnsdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linda Love, who was in the back of the train, said she heard a “bump”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was on the last leg of her journey to Bairnsdale after an overnight flight from Perth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said the train drivers escaped uninjured and the investigation into the cause of the crash would continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Passengers wait for buses to arrive. (ABC News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A V\/Line spokesperson said the National Rail Safety Regulator and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau had been notified about the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Safety is our priority and we will work with the relevant authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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