Two killed in Australian train derailment

Two people were killed and 11 suffered minor injuries after an Australian interstate train derailed outside Melbourne on Thursday evening, Victorian police said. The train, which was travelling from Sydney, came off the rails near the town of Wallan, about 50 kilometers from Melbourne. On Friday, Police said an unnamed male driver and a woman pilot died in the derailment.

Victoria police inspector said 153 passengers were on the train at the time. Ambulance Victoria confirmed one of the injured had been flown to a Melbourne hospital and another four people had been taken to a second hospital, where they were in a stable condition.