Police car hit by coal train
`Two police officers are minus their patrol car after it was hit by a coal train following a pursuit near Newcastle early today.
Police say the incident happened at 2.45am (AEDT) when they chased a Holden Commodore with stolen registration plates in Metford, an outer suburb of Maitland. [..]
The police car became stuck on railway tracks before one officer followed the two offenders.
The other got out of the patrol car when he saw the train approaching.’
