The train, travelling at about 84km/h, collided with the trailers of the truck, resulting in the derailment of both locomotives and six multi-platform freight wagons.
Rail authorities were alerted to the fatal consequences of a train and truck crash in SA's north when a member of the public answered one of the dead drivers' phones, a preliminary report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau finds.
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