Train driver reports no warning of impending crash

<p>The driver of a train which crashed into an overturned truck in southern New South Wales last week has refuted suggestions that he was warned that the truck was obstructing the track. </p> <p>The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the accident, which closed the line between Sydney and Melbourne for about 14 hours from Thursday night (November 2).</p> <p>The Graincorp train collided with the truck at a level crossing at Illabo, near Junee, after the truck had earlier overturned while trying to cross the tracks.</p> <p>Australian Rail Track Corporation records show that up to four messages were sent to the train before it crashed, but the train driver maintains that there was no warning.</p> <p>ARTC operations manager Denise McMillan told the ABC that its warning systems were working at the time of the crash.</p> <p>Ms McMillan would not ruled out the possibility of faulty equipment on the train or driver error, the ABC said.</p> <p>"Obviously there was some problem with the way in which the driver received the message and that he couldn’t hear it, but I can confirm that the message was sent and was definitely received by the locomotive," she told the ABC.</p> <br />