Railway accident in Szczekociny
The railway accident at Szczekociny occurred on March 3, 2012 at 8:57 pm near the Polish city of Szczekociny . At least 16 people were killed, including the two engine drivers , 57 were injured. The accident occurred on the railway line 64 ( Koniecpol - Kozłów ) in the powiat Miechowski near the village Chałupki, powiat Zawierciański .
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In the railway accident around 9 p.m., the express train TLK 31100 " Brzechwa " of the PKP Intercity from Przemyśl and the interREGIO 13126 " Jan Matejko " from Warsaw of the Przewozy Regionalne collided head-on and unbraked. 16 people were killed, including one US American and one Russian . 57 people were injured, 47 of them were hospitalized. A total of 350 passengers sat on the two trains . 450 rescue workers from four voivodships and around 400 police officers were involved in the rescue operation. Because the scene of the accident is remote, the rescue work was difficult. Except ambulances also arrived rescue helicopter used. A week after the accident , 32 people were still in hospital care.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Bronisław Komorowski visited the scene of the accident. State mourning was ordered for March 5th and 6th .
Accident investigation
The Polish Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the railway accident on March 4. On the following Monday, two dispatchers who were on duty at the time of the accident were taken into custody for questioning. One of the dispatchers, a woman, was released, the other could not be questioned due to his psychological condition. According to the public prosecutor's office, the evidence justified a charge against the Starzyny dispatcher on duty during the accident for negligently causing a railway accident. The dispatcher directed the train from Warsaw onto the wrong track .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Onet Wiadomości : Krok po kroku - jak doszło do katastrofy kolejowej w Szczekocinach. ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Video animation (polish)
- ^ Gazeta Wyborcza, Katastrofa dwóch pociągów: 15 osób nie żyje, 56 w szpitalach. Trwa akcja ratunkowa. March 4, 2012
- ↑ a b Dziennik, Tusk na miejscu katastrofy w Szczekocinach. "Jest jeszcze jedna ofiara". March 4, 2012
- ^ Sun: 16 people killed in Poland train crash.
- ↑ Eisenbahn-Revue International 4/2012, p. 201.
- ↑ a b Polish Ministry of the Interior, Katastrofa pociągów w województwie śląskim. March 5, 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Tagesschau.de, dead and injured in a train accident in Poland . March 4, 2012. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved on February 1, 2019.
- ↑ Focus Online: Serious train accident in Poland for over 20 years. (March 4, 2012)
- ↑ a b Wirtualna Polska: Katastrofa kolejowa: 30 rannych wciąż w szpitalach.
- ↑ TVN 24, Prezydent jedzie na miejsce katastrofy kolejowej. March 4, 2012
- ^ Polskie Radio - German editorial staff, state mourning in Poland after train accident. March 4, 2012
- ↑ AP , March 4, 2012: Death toll in Polish train collision rises to 15 ( memento of the original from March 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ^ Iol news, March 6, 2012: Train dispatcher released over deadly crash.
- ↑ Public prosecutor's office brings charges against dispatchers . In Spiegel Online , March 5, 2012, accessed June 4, 2012
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 21 ″ N , 19 ° 51 ′ 21 ″ E