What the records say
- When
- 20 Oct 1957
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 41.05° N, 28.72° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 95
- Injured
- 150
Yarımburgaz train disaster
1957 railway incident in Turkey
The Yarımburgaz train disaster was a head-on collision of two trains that occurred near Yarımburgaz, Küçükçekmece, west of Istanbul in Turkey on 20 October 1957. With 95 dead and 150 wounded people, it is the worst train accident so far in the country.
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