#otłoczyn_railway_accident

Otłoczyn railway accident

1980 train crash near Otłoczyn, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

The Otłoczyn railway accident was a train crash which occurred on 19 August 1980, near the village of Otłoczyn. At 4:30 a.m., a freight train collided with a passenger train which ran from Toruń Main Station to Łódź Kaliska. As a result, 65 people were killed, and 64 injured, out of which an additional two later died, bringing the total number of dead to 67. It was caused by one of the drivers proceeding without permission in a thick fog. To date, it is the deadliest railway accident in peacetime history of Poland.

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