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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, 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 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. |
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. |
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