Marşandiz train collision
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On 13 December 2018, a high-speed passenger train and a locomotive collided near Yenimahalle in Ankara Province, Turkey. Three cars of the passenger train derailed in the collision. Three railroad engineers and five passengers were killed at the scene, and 84 people were injured. Another injured passenger later succumbed to injuries, and 34 passengers, including two in critical condition, were treated in several hospitals.
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Date | 13 December 2018 06:34 local time (03:34 UTC) |
Location | Near Marşandiz railway station, Yenimahalle, Ankara Province |
Coordinates | 39°56′03″N 32°46′42″E |
Country | Turkey |
Line | Istanbul–Ankara railway |
Operator | TCDD Taşımacılık |
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Incident type | Head-on collision |
Cause | Lack of signalling [lower-alpha 1] |
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Trains | 2 |
Passengers | 206 |
Crew | 7 |
Deaths | 9 |
Injured | 84 |
Damage | Electric locomotive unusable, high-speed trainset at least partly scrap, pedestrian crossing destroyed by high-speed train. |
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