‘What’s gone wrong?’: Portland man's Pirron Yallock collision story

Sian Johnson
Updated July 22 2016 - 2:26pm, first published 1:00pm
Checking in: John Vella pictured in the centre in front of the derailed train on the phone to his loved ones telling them he was not injured in the crash. Picture: Supplied
Checking in: John Vella pictured in the centre in front of the derailed train on the phone to his loved ones telling them he was not injured in the crash. Picture: Supplied

When the V/Line train John Vella was travelling on started to brake forcefully and he felt an impact, his mind filled with images he’d seen on television that morning of a horrific head-on train crash in southern Italy that killed 25 people.

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Sian Johnson

Sian Johnson

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