Two dead as train derails in Australia

Two people have died after a train derailed in a town 35 miles north of Melbourne, police have said.

Emergency services were called at 7.45pm local time to the incident in Wallan, Victoria.

One person was airlifted to hospital and the driver is understood to have been injured, according to a passenger who posted these pictures below.

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