What the records say
- When
- 17 Feb 1950
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 40.66° N, 73.65° W
- Description
- Railway accident on the Long Island Rail Road in Rockville Centre, New York
- Deaths
- 32
Rockville Centre train crash
1950 accident on the Long Island Rail Road
On February 17, 1950, two Long Island Rail Road trains collided on the Montauk Branch just west of Rockville Centre station in Rockville Centre, New York, killing 32 and injuring several dozen more. At the time, it was the deadliest collision in the railroad's history until the Kew Gardens train crash later that year.
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