Five people, including two children, have been taken to hospital after a train hit two cars in Melbourne’s south-east on Monday, causing major delays during the morning peak.
The incident unfolded when a car stopped in Officer was rear-ended by a second car shortly after 7am, police said.
A couple in their 70s abandoned their Toyota hatch, when they realised it had been pushed on to the train tracks.
After the couple moved to safety, a city-bound train hit their car, pushing it 150 metres and trapping it under the train.
The second car, a Holden station wagon, was also hit and extensively damaged.
