00:00A small town in a state of shock.
00:06Our hearts go out to the family of this young girl.
00:10It's a devastating thing for this close-knit community.
00:14Devastation after a one-year-old girl was struck by a freight train about 8 o'clock last night.
00:20We can establish at this stage that the child was with a number of other children,
00:24but those circumstances are still under investigation at the moment.
00:28This is a really tragic case of a child that had gone to play in a bad location.
00:33Paramedics were called and treated her for serious injuries before she was taken to hospital, but later died.
00:39The parents were not in the immediate vicinity, but we are aware of where the parents were,
00:43and the supervision of the child is not in doubt.
00:46Railway safety warning signs had been activated.
00:49The train driver, a 22-year-old man, was taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
00:54The town of Barn Bar is 130 kilometres northwest of Tamworth.
00:59Its population of about 170 is reeling.
01:03Our community of Barn Bar is such a beautiful town.
01:08And as you can see, this has really been very difficult for this community.
01:14A shocking, shocking death.
01:16The sympathies from everyone in New South Wales is with that family.
01:19What a terrible tragedy.
01:20As investigations continue, police say there's no suggestion that any charges will be laid,
01:25and that support will be offered to the first respondents who attended the scene.
01:29We'll continue to wrap support around them.
01:31Tonight, the local hotel near the track is closed, as this community comes to terms with the loss.
01:37We will keep thin laughter.
01:38We will look forward to it.
01:39Not when you're at the standpoint of shell concerns.
01:40If you're at the defender somewhere, you will be électry method.
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