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Details
Date
7 February 1969
Location
Violet Town, Victoria 173 km (107 mi) N from Melbourne
Country
Australia
Line
North East railway line
Operator
Victorian Railways
Incident type
Collision
Cause
Driver heart attack
Statistics
Trains
2
Passengers
190
Deaths
9
Injured
117
The Violet Town rail accident, also known as the Southern Aurora disaster, was a railway accident that occurred on 7 February 1969 following the incapacitation of the driver of one of the trains, near the McDiarmids Road crossing, approximately 1 km south of Violet Town, Victoria, Australia. The crash resulted in nine deaths and 117 injuries.
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