Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad collision

Quand

11 août 1837

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

36.72° N, 76.61° W

Description

first fatal head-on rail collision

Deaths

3

First fatal head-on rail collision

The 1837 Suffolk head-on collision was the first ever head-on train collision to result in fatalities. The accident occurred on August 11, 1837 in Suffolk, Virginia, United States.

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