Train crash claims life of young track worker

By Faye Wheeler
Updated November 9 2012 - 4:14am, first published May 5 2010 - 11:03am
Rail officials gather around the front of the ruined XPT after the crash. Photo: Courtesy of the WESTERN ADVOCATE
Rail officials gather around the front of the ruined XPT after the crash. Photo: Courtesy of the WESTERN ADVOCATE
The young excavator driver doing track work was killed south-east of Blaney yesterday when the XPT collided with the excavator he was driving. Photo: Courtesy of the WESTERN ADVOCATE
The young excavator driver doing track work was killed south-east of Blaney yesterday when the XPT collided with the excavator he was driving. Photo: Courtesy of the WESTERN ADVOCATE

Passengers on a Sydney to Dubbo train service had what police describe as a lucky escape yesterday in a crash that claimed the life of a man.

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