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/ 16 November 2004

Foul play ruled out in major Australian train crash

A high-speed passenger train ploughed through trees and dirt ”like a bulldozer” after it mysteriously derailed in north-east Australia on Tuesday, injuring nearly all 163 people on board, rescue workers said. As a major investigation was launched, officials expressed amazement that no one aboard the City of Townsville express was killed.