Millipedes Causes Train To Crash In Australia

Thousands of millipede cluster together at a rail way made the track to be very slippery and the break of the train became ineffective... This is the first time that millipedes are have been blamed for being the cause of a train crash...

The PTA said that an infestation of Portuguese millipedes was found on the tracks in Rockingham and Kwinana.
The tracks became extremely slippery after a passing train crushed the bugs and may have cause the brakes to become ineffective. A similar situation occurred in 2009 at Tallarook in central Victoria, Australia when several trains had to be cancelled as authorities sprayed the tracks with insecticide.