在新普利茅斯过境点的汽车火车撞车事故中,两名伤势严重;调查仍在进行中。 Two critically injured in car-train crash at New Plymouth crossing; investigation ongoing.

星期三上午,一辆汽车和一辆货运列车在新普利茅斯附近的莱珀顿山路私人过境点相撞,大约上午8时40分,造成两人重伤。 Two people were critically injured Wednesday morning in a collision between a car and a freight train at a private level crossing on Mountain Road in Lepperton, near New Plymouth, around 8:40 a.m. 应急服务,包括一架直升机和消防队人员作出反应,受害者从残骸中获救并被送往Taranaki医院,其中1人乘飞机,1人乘救护车。 Emergency services, including a helicopter and fire crews, responded, with victims rescued from the wreckage and transported to Taranaki Hospital—one by air, one by ambulance. 火车正向北驶往新普利茅斯, 其司机被放假。 The train was traveling north toward New Plymouth, and its driver has been placed on leave. KiwiRail证实这起事件发生在一个停留标志控制的过境点,严重坠机股正在进行调查。 KiwiRail confirmed the incident occurred at a stop-sign-controlled crossing, and the Serious Crash Unit is investigating. 这条道路仍然被缩减为一条小道。 The road remains reduced to one lane.