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Old 21-06-2008, 11:39 PM   #1
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Hey everyone.

Bring some more sad news. We were driving home from crown tonight and just near calder park where you turn off for the BP servo outbound there is a railway crossing. Coming up to it tonight about 11:15pm there were blue n red lights everywhere. got bit closer and seen a mangled car sitting on rail tracks and train sitting few hundred metres up the track.

Makes me feel sick in the guts seeing something like this. REALLY hope no one died.

Were flashing lights at this crossing but no boom gates so gotta wonder.

Dunno what else to say. Glad i am no the one of the many ppl that attend crashes like this. Dont know how they do it.

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Old 22-06-2008, 02:37 PM   #2
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I saw this last night too and have scoured the online news sites today trying to find any reference to it but came up empty. Might be in the papers tomorrow?
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Old 22-06-2008, 02:42 PM   #3
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yeah i havent been able to find anything on this either

very weird

looked pretty bad. train was there for a while after still
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Old 22-06-2008, 02:53 PM   #4
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I went past a bit after midnight and there was still a heap of flashing lights so they were there for a while.
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Old 22-06-2008, 02:58 PM   #5
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not good at all.
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Old 22-06-2008, 04:43 PM   #6
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Female driver with serious injuries.
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Old 22-06-2008, 10:16 PM   #7
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I also saw this accident on the way home from a mates place looked pretty nasty that holden road crossing has been bad for a long time no boom gates only flashing lights sad to see such a thing happen there..
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Old 23-06-2008, 10:15 PM   #8
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Very sad. It amazes me how many people risk it. and try to beat trains. It just seems to be happening more and more.
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