Langenweddingen level crossing collision and fire

When

6 Jul 1967

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

52.05° N, 11.53° E

Description

train wreck

Deaths

94

1967 disaster in Magdeburg, East Germany

The Langenweddingen rail disaster near Magdeburg in East Germany caused 94 deaths. It occurred on 6 July 1967 at the village of Langenweddingen, today part of the Sülzetal municipality, on the Magdeburg–Thale railway in the then East Germany when a bilevel train struck a fuel tanker, which exploded as a result of the collision, at a level crossing of Highway 81.

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