MELBOURNE, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Two people have been killed in a collision between a car and a train west of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria on Tuesday morning.
Emergency services were called to reports of a freight train hitting a car on a railway crossing near the small town of Cressy, 120 km west of Melbourne, on Tuesday morning.
Two occupants of the car, who have not yet been formally identified, died at the scene.
Local media reported that the freight train was carrying at least 60 carriages and the only occupants were a driver and two staff members.
Helicopter footage from the scene broadcast by Seven Network television showed the wreckage of a white vehicle rolled on its side next to the train tracks.
A police statement said that the circumstances surrounding the collision are yet to be established and are subject to an ongoing investigation. ■
