Jyväskylä rail accident

When

6 Mar 1998

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

62.24° N, 25.75° E

Description

train accident in Jyväskylä, Finland, on 6 March 1998

Deaths

10

Injured

94

Participants

1

1998 train accident in Jyväskylä, Finland

The Jyväskylä derailment occurred on 6 March 1998 in Jyväskylä, Finland, when the Sr1-driven express train P105 from Turku bound for Joensuu via Pieksämäki derailed. The train left the tracks after coming in too fast on a 35 km/h (22 mph) switch near the station. 300 people were on board ; the engine driver and nine passengers were killed, and 94 passengers injured.

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