Australian train crash probe begins
Thursday, 7 June 2007
KERANG, Australia, June 6 (AFP): Investigations began Wednesday into what caused Australia's worst train disaster in decades as rescuers went about the gruesome task of recovering bodies from the mangled wreckage.
Rescue crews set up a temporary morgue at the crash site in southern Victoria state, where a fully-laden truck slammed into a passenger train on Tuesday afternoon, killing 11 people.
They spent most of the day working to remove bodies from the carriages, which were ripped open on impact with the semi-trailer, and believe they have now accounted for all of those travelling on the Melbourne-bound train.
Rescue crews set up a temporary morgue at the crash site in southern Victoria state, where a fully-laden truck slammed into a passenger train on Tuesday afternoon, killing 11 people.
They spent most of the day working to remove bodies from the carriages, which were ripped open on impact with the semi-trailer, and believe they have now accounted for all of those travelling on the Melbourne-bound train.