Codogno rail crash
Codogno rail crash | |
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Details | |
Date | 9 December 1957 |
Location | Codogno |
Country | Italy |
Line | Milano–Bologna |
Operator | Ferrovie dello Stato |
Incident type | Level crossing collision |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Deaths | 15 |
Injured | 30 |
The Codogno rail crash happened at Codogno, Italy, in the early evening of 9 December 1957. Fifteen people were killed, and at least 30 were seriously injured.
At 18:19 on 9 December 1957, the Milan–Rome express, while travelling through Codogno at a speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), struck a truck loaded with bran, which had become stuck at a level crossing. The train then derailed and brought down a cast iron pylon.
Fifteen people, including several truck drivers, were killed, and more than 30 other people were injured.
References
- Il Giornale del Mondo, anno, 1957 (nov-dic) ed. Cino del Duca, Historia, mensile illustrato n. 272 ottobre 1980 (in Italian)
External links
- www.bassolodigiano.it: Il disastro ferroviario del 1957 – collection of contemporary Italian newspaper articles about the crash
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Railway accidents in 1957 (1957)
- Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom (7 January)
- Staines, United Kingdom
- Gambar, Pakistan (29 September)
- Yarımburgaz, Turkey (20 October)
- Lewisham, United Kingdom (4 December)
- Codogno, Italy (9 December)
1956 1958
45°09′36″N 09°41′44″E / 45.16000°N 9.69556°E / 45.16000; 9.69556