Rail accident

Chipman-Lamont school bus-train collision

29 Nov 1960 · 53.76° N, 112.78° W

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When
29 Nov 1960
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
53.76° N, 112.78° W
Description
1960 vehicle collision in Alberta, Canada
Deaths
17

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Chipman-Lamont school bus-train collision

1960 vehicle collision in Alberta, Canada

The Chipman-Lamont school bus-train collision occurred on November 29, 1960, when a bus carrying 42 students from Chipman, Alberta, near Edmonton, Alberta, was struck by a Canadian National Railway owned freight train, just east of Lamont, Alberta, killing 17 on board.

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