On 24 December 1928 at Koo-Wee-Rup station, a goods locomotive was being reversed out of a holding siding ready for service when the wrong lever was pulled and the goods train ended up on the main line. The train was in the path of the Flinders Street - Korumburra passenger train with the leading six carriages carrying nearly 400 passengers. Having received an 'all clear' signal, the passenger train was travelling at approximately 50 km per hour. The impact saw five of the six carriages have their sides ripped open by the locomotive.Derailment did not occur. In total 54 passengers were injured, 18 seriously.