Šakvice train collision
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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.
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Date | 24 December 1953 (1953-12-24) | ||
Location | Šakvice | ||
Coordinates | 48°54′51″N 16°42′05″E | ||
Country | Czechoslovakia | ||
Incident type | Collision | ||
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Trains | 2 | ||
Deaths | 103 | ||
Injured | 83 | ||
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This disaster was one of the 20 most serious rail incidents by death toll at the time.[1]