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 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A truck collided with a passenger train at a crossing in southern Australia on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people as the force of the crash peeled open the sides of two rail cars, police said.
There were "a lot of people who lost legs and arms. It was just horrible," an uninjured German tourist who identified herself only as Helena told Seven Network television. Rescuers were still searching for three passengers.
Victoria state police spokeswoman Wendy Willingham said six critically hurt passengers were flown to hospitals in the state capital of Melbourne, and 18 others were treated for less serious injuries. The early afternoon accident near the small farming town of Kerang was one of the worst rail disasters in the state's history.
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