RTRS - Melbourne train collides with truck , 15 injured .  MELBOURNE 1996-08-26  Fifteen people were injured when a suburban passenger train and a truck collided at a street-level rail crossing in the Australian city of Melbourne on Monday , said rail and ambulance officials .  The injured , which included a pregnant woman , were taken to hospital , but were not in a serious condition , an ambulance spokesman told Reuters .  A [START_ENT] Public Transport Corporation [END_ENT] spokesman said the train , collided with the truck loaded with concrete pylons in the north Melbourne suburb of Preston just before 8.30 a.m ..  The train was derailed when a corner of the driver 's compartment caught the rear of the truck , the spokesman said .  The truck was overturned , spilling its load onto the crossing , and careered into the nearby Bell St Station .  " Remarkably both the train driver and the truck driver were not injured , " the rail spokesman said .  " It had the potential to be quite a nasty accident . "  -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 373-1800
RTRS - Melbourne train collides with truck , 15 injured .  MELBOURNE 1996-08-26  Fifteen people were injured when a suburban passenger train and a truck collided at a street-level rail crossing in the Australian city of Melbourne on Monday , said rail and ambulance officials .  The injured , which included a pregnant woman , were taken to hospital , but were not in a serious condition , an ambulance spokesman told Reuters .  A
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spokesman said the train , collided with the truck loaded with concrete pylons in the north Melbourne suburb of Preston just before 8.30 a.m ..  The train was derailed when a corner of the driver 's compartment caught the rear of the truck , the spokesman said .  The truck was overturned , spilling its load onto the crossing , and careered into the nearby Bell St Station .  " Remarkably both the train driver and the truck driver were not injured , " the rail spokesman said .  " It had the potential to be quite a nasty accident . "  -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 373-1800
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