Date: 06/11/2018

A freight train was deliberately derailed after hurtling through Western Australia at high speed for 50 minutes without its driver. The 268-wagon train, owned by mining giant BHP, travelled for 92km (57 miles) with no-one on board in the outback Pilbara region on Monday. The company said it had derailed the train remotely from Perth. It has since suspended its rail operations.

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Runaway train derailed in Australia

BBC News

It travelled at high speed for 50 minutes with no-one aboard before being forcibly derailed.