On 6 May 1990, Professor Ward, together with his wife Patricia, 69, and his daughter Jennifer, 36, were on board the 3801 steam train on a Sunday excursion run between Sydney and the Hunter Region.
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They were all killed when a commuter train collided with the rear of the steam train near Hawkesbury River railway station in the Cowan rail accident.
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