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From The ABC
Police hunt driver of stolen van that caused 'chaotic' Kembla Grange train crash, injuring passengers

Police are searching for the driver of a stolen van which was abandoned on a railway crossing early this morning, causing a commuter train crash that left four people injured.
The northbound, four-carriage train ploughed into the van at Kembla Grange, near Wollongong, about 5am.

The train driver was trapped in the front carriage after it was propelled off the tracks. with passengers said to have been thrown around like they were "on a trampoline".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/ ... /100552436