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Birbbaree level crossing crash
Published Date: 18 Feb 2020
Summary
At approximately 7am today, a freight train and semi trailer carrying a load of steel were involved in a crash at a level crossing in Birbbaree NSW.
The force of the impact has caused a container loaded on the train to be ejected into a paddock and catch fire. NSW police, NSW FRNSW and NSW RFS attended to deal with the fire. ASNSW Paramedics treated a male driver aged in his twenties on scene before transporting him to Young Hospital with non life threatening injuries.
Rail officials are also on scene dealing with two of the carriages that were derailed during the crash.
