What the records say
- When
- 25 May 1940
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 60.40° N, 22.22° E
- Description
- 1940 bus accident in Hirvensalo, Finland
- Deaths
- 17
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Hirvensalo bus crash
1940 bus crash in Finland
On 25 May 1940, a bus accident in Hirvensalo, southwest of Turku, Finland killed 17 people and injured 19. The bus skidded off the road and into the sea after its brakes failed. It was the deadliest bus crash in Finnish history until the 2004 Konginkangas bus disaster, which killed 25 people.
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