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Swiss tourist walking on tracks killed by freight train

Other News Materials 20 October 2008 05:15 (UTC +04:00)

A freight train ploughed into and killed a 23- year-old Swiss man who was walking on railway lines in New Zealand, police said Monday, dpa reported.

Christophe Paul Breisinger, in the country on a working holiday, was hit at Raumati, 50 kilometres north of Wellington, in the early hours of Saturday. Police said they believed he was walking home after missing his station.

Breisinger arrived in New Zealand seven months ago and was scheduled to resume travelling with his girlfriend after finishing a job in Wellington on Friday, police said.

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