Accidente ferroviario

Swampscott train wreck

28 feb 1956 · 42.48° N, 70.92° W

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Cuándo
28 feb 1956
Tipo
Accidente ferroviario
Coordenadas
42.48° N, 70.92° W
Description
1956 railway incident in Massachusetts, United States
Deaths
13
Injured
283

Swampscott train wreck

1956 railway incident in Massachusetts, United States

The Swampscott train wreck occurred on February 28, 1956, in Swampscott, Massachusetts when a Danvers–Boston commuter train crashed into the rear of a stopped Portsmouth–Boston local train just north of the station during a snowstorm. The collision, blamed on the engineer operating at unsafe speeds for the conditions, killed 13 people and injured 283.

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