2008 Studénka train accident

When

8 Aug 2008

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

49.70° N, 18.05° E

Description

train crash in the Czech Republic

Deaths

8

Injured

64

Train crash in the Czech Republic

On 8 August 2008, at approximately 10:30 local time, EuroCity train EC 108 Comenius, en route from Kraków, Poland, to Prague, Czech Republic, struck a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near the Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic. The train derailed, killing eight people and injuring 64.

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