Bus v. train Cairns

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Nine News Brisbane ‏@9NewsBrisbane 4 minutes ago

#BREAKING: A bus and Kuranda train have crashed in Cairns. Reports of multiple injuries. Image @WINNews_CNS #9News

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Cairns Post --> Emergency services responding to bus and train collision in Cairns

EMERGENCY services are responding after a bus is believed to have collided with a train at Portsmith.

The incident has occurred outside the Cairns Navy base on Draper St.

There are reportedly multiple injured people who are being treated by paramedics.

The railway crossing is blocked and motorists are asked to avoid the area.

Parts of Draper St have been closed and traffic diversions are in place.

More information to come.

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Couriermail --> Train crash: People injured after bus and train collide in Cairns

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Queensland Ambulance ‏@QldAmbulance 1 minute ago

Paramedics at bus & train crash #Portsmith on Draper St. Reports of 17 pts. 1 has been taken to #Cairns Hospital with arm injury.

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UPDATE: Reports 17 people have been injured after the Kuranda train and a bus collided in #Cairns #7News pic.twitter.com/DVyOCrxuHN

— 7 News Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) June 15, 2015

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Pictures just in from #Cairns where a bus and train have collided. Multiple people being treated by paramedics #7News pic.twitter.com/4zVJuNCDuo

— 7 News Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) June 15, 2015

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From http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/emergency-services-responding-to-bus-and-train-collision-in-cairns/story-fnpqrsxl-1227398969382

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Emergency services responding to bus and train collision in Cairns

    Staff Reporters
    The Cairns Post
    June 15, 2015 4:15PM

A bus has collided with a train in Portsmith.

A bus has collided with a train in Portsmith.

MULTIPLE people are being treated by paramedics after the Kuranda Scenic Train collided with a bus on Draper St just after 4pm.

Around 22 people, believed to be staff members of the Endeavour Foundation, were on the bus when the train hit the rear and driver's side.

The train is believed to have hit the rear of the bus and the back windows have been shattered.

Tracy Bellero, who was a passenger on the bus, described the horrific scene.

"I feel sick, like I want to throw up," she said.

"It was a big bang, it was horrible."

One man has been carried from the scene on a stretcher screaming, while several others have major head wounds.

Paramedics have set up a makeshift triage area on the grass area beside the tracks.

The railway crossing is blocked and motorists are asked to avoid the area.

Parts of Draper St have been closed and traffic diversions are in place.

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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/bus-collides-with-train-in-cairns-20150615-ghoj9z.html

4:54pm Kristian Silva: A Queensland Ambulance spokesman says one man has been taken to the Cairns Hospital with a suspected broken arm.

Another person is expected to be transported to hospital with minor injuries.

The spokesman said a further 16 people had been assessed at the scene and none were seriously hurt.

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Crossing on Cook/Draper St

>> https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Draper+St,+Portsmith+QLD+4870/@-16.935624,145.77623,3a,75y,129.9h,73.52t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPBZw-rAeI-HrcReU0RKw-w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26output%3Dthumbnail%26thumb%3D2%26panoid%3DPBZw-rAeI-HrcReU0RKw-w%26w%3D88%26h%3D60%26yaw%3D146%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D96%26ll%3D-16.935624,145.776230!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x69786699c178aa85:0x56dd7502ea6a3add

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Train appears to be moving from Cairns station to the yard at Portsmith.   Nil passengers on train.

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Love's do a lot of school bus work up there, small mercy it wasn't packed with kids.

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https://www.facebook.com/QueenslandRail/posts/1007751209243239

Queensland Rail
16 mins ·

You may have seen reports about a level crossing incident in Far North Queensland. At approximately 4.09pm, a bus in the path of the Kuranda Scenic Railway train was struck at a level crossing on Draper Street, Portsmith.

There were no passengers on board the train at the time of the incident as the train was returning to the stabling sheds after a day of service.

Police, emergency services and Queensland Rail response units are currently on site managing the incident. Our primary concern is for the people involved and thankfully early reports from the Queensland Ambulance Service suggest nobody has been critically injured.

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Train came around the corner to find the bus stuck over the crossing due to traffic lights?

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Train came around the corner to find the bus stuck over the crossing due to traffic lights?

What ever happened someone has some explaining to do.

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Love's do a lot of school bus work up there, small mercy it wasn't packed with kids.

The bus was full of people from the endeavour foundation so would have been a full on situation which ever way they look at it

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Cairns Post --> Deaths avoided as train and bus collide in Cairns

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Cairns Post front page

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7 News Brisbane ‏@7NewsBrisbane 18m

#Cairns bus driver involved in a collision with a train has been given notice to appear in court #7News