Eisenbahnunfall

1958 Sterlington railroad collision

11. Aug. 1958 · 41.15° N, 74.19° W

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Wann
11. Aug. 1958
Art
Eisenbahnunfall
Koordinaten
41.15° N, 74.19° W
Description
train collision in New York state
Deaths
5

1958 Sterlington railroad collision

Train collision in New York state

The 1958 Sterlington railroad disaster was a head-on collision by two Erie Railroad trains on August 11, 1958 at 6:47 AM killing 5 people and injuring 22 to 36. The collision occurred when the operator in the signal tower at Suffern failed to hold the westbound train No. 53 at Suffern for the eastbound No. 50 commuter train from Monroe, New York, to Hoboken, New Jersey.

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