What the records say
- When
- 5 Jun 2016
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 50.56° N, 5.35° E
- Description
- 2016 rail crash in Belgium
- Deaths
- 3
- Injured
- 36
- Participants
- 40
- Cause
- lightning strike
Hermalle-sous-Huy train collision
2016 rail crash in Belgium
The Hermalle-sous-Huy train collision was a collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Hermalle-sous-Huy, Belgium, on 5 June 2016. At least three people were killed and 36 others were injured, nine of them seriously.
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