Rail accident

Murazze di Vado train disaster

15 Apr 1978 · 44.30° N, 11.24° E

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When
15 Apr 1978
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
44.30° N, 11.24° E
Description
1978 railway incident in Italy
Deaths
48
Injured
76

Murazze di Vado train disaster

1978 railway incident in Italy

The Murazze di Vado train disaster was a railway accident which occurred on 15 April 1978, near Murazze di Vado, an area in the town of Vado, part of the Monzuno comune, Bologna. A passenger train was derailed close to a ravine, and seconds later a second train crashed into it.

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