What the records say
- When
- 8 Jul 1988
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 8.97° N, 76.61° E
- Description
- 1988 public transit disaster in Kollam, Kerala, India
- Deaths
- 105
Peruman railway accident
1988 public transit disaster in Kollam, Kerala, India
The Peruman railway accident occurred on 8 July 1988 when an Island Express train derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake in Kerala, India and fell into the water, killing 105 people. The cause was never established, but was blamed on track alignment and faulty wheels, possibly compounded by a failure to notify maintenance workers about the approach of a delayed train that had been making-up time by travel…
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Peruman railway accident claims 105 lives”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Nearby in time and place
- 1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation1987 · Protest
- Kanthan Karunai massacre30 Mar 1987 · Massacre · Deaths 63
- Jaffna hospital massacre1987 · Massacre · Deaths 60
- Vadamarachchi Operation26 May 1987 · Military operation
- 1989 Valvettiturai massacre1989 · Massacre · Deaths 64
- Battle of Nelliady5 Jul 1987 · Battle
- Operation Eagle3 Jul 1990 · Military operation
- Operation Thrividha Balaya13 Sep 1990 · Military operation