{"id":24703,"date":"2024-04-04T07:52:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=24703"},"modified":"2024-04-04T07:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:56:21","slug":"train-operators-fined-over-derailment-that-killed-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=24703","title":{"rendered":"Train operators fined over derailment that killed two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two train operators have been fined a total of more than $500,000 over a Victorian derailment<\/a> that killed two men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSW Trains and the Australian Rail Track Corporation were charged with breaching the state’s rail safety laws after the XPT passenger train came off tracks north of Melbourne<\/a> on February 20, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experienced driver John Kennedy, 54, and rail worker Sam Meintanis, 49, were killed, while eight passengers were seriously hurt and 58 others sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two train operators have been fined a total of more than $500,000 over a Victorian derailment that killed two people. (The Age)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NSW Trains and the ARTC in February pleaded guilty over the derailment, with their sentences handed down in the Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The maximum penalty available to Magistrate Brett Sonnet was a fine of $413,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Sonnet instead sentenced NSW Trains to a $150,000 fine, while ARTC has been ordered to pay $375,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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