Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash

Quand

4 janv. 2018

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

27.82° S, 27.13° E

Description

train crash

Deaths

18

Injured

254

Cause

derailment

2018 rail transit disaster in Free State, South Africa

On 4 January 2018, a passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collided with a truck at a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, in the Free State, South Africa. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve carriages caught fire. Twenty-one people were killed and 254 others were injured.

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