What the records say
- When
- 4 Jan 2018
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 27.82° S, 27.13° E
- Description
- train crash
- Deaths
- 18
- Injured
- 254
- Cause
- derailment
Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash
2018 rail transit disaster in Free State, South Africa
On 4 January 2018, a passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collided with a truck at a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, in the Free State, South Africa. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve carriages caught fire. Twenty-one people were killed and 254 others were injured.
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