火車沖破牛群，57牛死亡

A Kiwirail train it a herd of cattle in Hawke's Bay last night, with a total of 57 cows dead afterwards.

昨晚在霍克灣，一列新西蘭火車沖破牛群，之后總共有57頭牛死亡。

Kiwirail confirmed the incident, which happened south of Hastings between Poukawa and Opapa near State Highway 2 about 6pm.

新西蘭鐵道部已證實了這一事件，事故發(fā)生在黑斯廷斯以南的波卡瓦和奧帕帕之間，大約在下午6點左右，在2號國道附近。

The freight train was travelling from Napier to Palmerston North.

這列貨運火車從納皮爾開往帕默斯頓北部。

Kiwirail Executive General Manager of Operation Siva Sivapakkiam said "unfortunately 47 were killed and another 10 that were injured had to be euthanised.

新西蘭鐵道部執(zhí)行總經理Siva Sivapakkiam表示：“非常不幸，有47頭牛當場死亡，另有10頭牛受傷嚴重，不得不實施安樂死。”

"Incidents like this are distressing for all those involved.

“這樣的事件讓所有相關人員都感到痛心。”

"They are also a reminder of the need to keep land well-fenced to prevent them happening.

“同時也提醒人們，有必要保證圍欄完好，防止此類事件再次發(fā)生。”

"There was some damage to the locomotive but it was able to carry on to Palmerston North after some repairs."

“火車頭有一些損壞，但經過一些修理后，它能夠繼續(xù)向北行駛到帕默斯頓。”