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Two men are dead after being hit by a train in Melbourne. The train that hit and killed two men in Melbourne was moved on Friday morning and police were conducting a search along the tracks.
The men were believed to have been on the tracks at Altona Meadows in Melbourne’s south-west on Thursday night when they were struck by a city-bound passenger train at 11.45pm. The men, who were yet to be identified, were believed to have been on the tracks at Altona Meadows in Melbourne’s south-west on Thursday night when they were struck by a city-bound passenger train at 11.45pm.
Police said train delays were expected on Friday.
Police at the scene said the train driver tried to stop when he saw the men.Police at the scene said the train driver tried to stop when he saw the men.
“We do know he applied his emergency brakes and attempted to avoid the collision, but unfortunately he wasn’t able to,” a spokesman told reporters.“We do know he applied his emergency brakes and attempted to avoid the collision, but unfortunately he wasn’t able to,” a spokesman told reporters.
Metro Trains will run buses between Laverton and Westona. Train services will continue from Werribee to Laverton and Westona to Flinders Street. A nearby resident told the Nine Network a number of people have been killed on the same stretch of track, which is not fenced off and often used as a crossing by pedestrians.
Part of the Werribee line was suspended on Friday morning and Metro Trains was running buses between Laverton and Westona.