NSW: Combined funeral service for five killed by XPT

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2001
NSW: Combined funeral service for five killed by XPT

SYDNEY, Feb 1 AAP - A combined funeral service will be held tomorrow for the five young
men killed when an express train struck their car last weekend.

Cameron Tucker, 19, Kyle Wooden, 18, rising football star Graham Kelly, 19, junior
javelin champion Luke Milne, 19, and Ben Wilkins, 19, were best mates and all former students
at Wagga Wagga's Kooringal High.

They died instantly when the high speed XPT train from Sydney to Melbourne struck their
Holden Statesman at the Bells Line Road crossing, 25km north of Albury, about 4pm last
Saturday.

The service will be held at St John's Anglican Church, Wagga, at 10am (AEDT), followed
by proceedings at the Wagga Lawn Cemetery and Crematorium.

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