Truck and train collide at level crossing Share A TRUCK driver and train passengers escaped major injuries after a collision at the Lochiel Avenue level crossing last week. On 7 May, a truck was hit at the Edithvale crossing. The tray of the truck was dislodged and pushed into the boom gates. Edithvale CFA, Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, Metro Trains Melbourne, and staff from the Level Crossing Removal Project attended to safely remove all the passengers from the train. A statement on the Edithvale CFA Facebook page read that “on arrival, we were able to ascertain no one was trapped and that there were no major injuries to the occupants of the truck or passengers on board the train.”