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Australian passenger train derails outside Melbourne, people feared trapped in wreckage
A Sydney-Melbourne passenger train with 160 people on board has derailed near the town of Wallan. Emergency services are on the scene and a triage unit has been set up at a nearby gas station to treat the injured.
The train derailed near Wallan, about 47km north of Melbourne, at about 7:50pm local time (8:50am GMT). There have, as yet, been no official reports on the total number of injuries or whether there were any fatalities. Eyewitness photos from the scene show several carriages on their side.
At least three rescue-service helicopters have been deployed to the scene which the Country Fire Authority described as “very chaotic at this stage.”
Hearing of some frantic scenes at the site of a passenger train derailment at Wallan. Some ppl are seriously injured with emergency services trying to get everyone out safely. Multiple XPT carriages have left the tracks @theagepic.twitter.com/xSKwv7FOh2
— erin pearson (@epearson_3) February 20, 2020
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