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232:. The locomotive driver realised that people were laying on the tracks only 160 metres (520 ft) away from them. The train was moving at 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph), and despite applying the emergency brakes, it was unable to stop before hitting the workers. The 14 sleeping on the tracks were killed instantly, while three nearby were injured, two of whom later died in hospital. Just four from the group of twenty survived, three of whom were sleeping away from the tracks.
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