Tag Archive | "collision"
Train hits 4WD at Salisbury North
THE occupants of a four-wheel-drive that stalled on a northern suburbs rail crossing last night fled the vehicle just before it was hit by a train. Police said the incident happened on a level crossing on Bagsters Rd at Salisbury North about 11.15pm and that no on had been hurt.
Continue reading...DNA tests to identify train crash victim
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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By Michael Milnes | Original story FORENSIC DNA tests will have to be conducted to positively identify a woman killed in a horrific double fatality between a train and car about 130km north of Adelaide. The woman and a man died when the Ford utility they were in failed to give way to a south-bound freight train [...]
Continue reading...Death crossing due for upgrade
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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By Aaron MacDonald and David Nankervis | Original story A RAILWAY crossing where two people were killed in a train-car collision in the Mid-North yesterday had been earmarked for a safety upgrade. Wakefield Regional Council documents from June this year indicate that the Australian Rail Track Corporation – which manages the rail line – proposed to upgrade [...]
Continue reading...Pair killed in ‘horrific’ rail crossing smash
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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Original story Two people have died after a freight train hit a car in South Australia – an accident police have described as particularly horrific. The collision happened just after 3:30pm on the Lochiel-Blyth Road, about five kilometres north of Nantawarra and 120 kilometres north of Adelaide.
Continue reading...Truck collision with Adelaide tram causes chaos
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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By Michael Milnes | Original story A GLENELG-bound tram was almost derailed when it collided with a truck in the city outside the Town Hall this morning. As the half-full tram headed south along King William St about 7.40am this morning, a Jeffries compost truck smashed into its windscreen as the truck swung around to reverse into [...]
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
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