| Šakvice train disaster | |||
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| Details | |||
| Date | 24 December 1953 | ||
| Location | Šakvice | ||
| Coordinates | 48°54′51″N 16°42′05″E / 48.91417°N 16.70139°E | ||
| Country | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Incident type | Collision | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Trains | 2 | ||
| Deaths | 103 | ||
| Injured | 83 | ||
The Šakvice train disaster occurred on 24 December 1953 in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). A local train was standing at the Šakvice station near Brno, when the Prague-Bratislava express ran into it, resulting in 103 deaths and a further 83 injured. The Ministry of the Interior said there was gross negligence by a number of railway men who had since been arrested. Other reports said that the express train crew had consumed a number of bottles of wine. Other sources have over 100 or 186 deaths.
This disaster was one of the 20 most serious rail incidents by death toll at the time.[1]
References
- The Times (London) 29 December 1953, page 5
- ^ Conly, Geoff & Stewart, Graham: Tragedy on the Track: Tangiwai & other New Zealand Railway Accidents (Wellington NZ, Grantham House, 1986) ISBN 978-1-86934-008-7 (page 181; list of 20 most serious rail accidents by deaths to 1953)
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