Emergency call not heeded before major train derailment

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Emergency call not heeded before major train derailment

A probe into a major train derailment caused by a thief’s van that was stranded on the tracks has found calls alerting authorities minutes before the smash were not treated as an emergency.

Four people were injured – one seriously – in the derailment, when a passenger train on the NSW south coast line hit the van at Kembla Grange, near Wollongong, early on October 20, 2021.

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