Freight train driver in critical condition after crash with road train in Kalgoorlie
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The freight train collided with a multi-trailer truck in the Kalgoorlie suburb of Parkeston.
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Two freight train drivers aged in their 70s have been airlifted to Perth after a collision with a road train in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Emergency services were called to the Yarri Road crossing, a few kilometres east of the CBD, at about 5:00pm yesterday.
The drivers, both aged 70, were flown to Perth this morning, with one listed as being in a critical condition and the other stable.
Officers from the Major Crash Investigation Section are investigating an incident that occurred in Parkeston yesterday, Monday, 22 February 2021. About.