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Eleven people are dead and dozens are injured after a semi-trailer hit a passenger train on a level crossing in rural Victoria. The Age reports that the three-carriage passenger train was about six kilometres north of Kerang when the crash occured.
The disaster immediately cuts by 11 the number of people using regional passenger rail services—though authorities warn that the number could still climb.
The crash has raised questions as to whether it is safe to have a road intersect with a railway line, and renewed questions as to whether it is safe for a truck to intersect with a passenger train.
