Durban Railway Accident (1994)
In the Durban railway accident on March 8, 1994, a train derailed near Durban . 65 people died.
the accident
The fully occupied train of the South African railway operator Transnet was on its way from Cato Ridge to Durban in the morning rush hour. It carried about 800 travelers . The accident occurred in a curve 20 km west of the city. Nine of the eleven cars on the train overturned against an embankment . According to the South African specialists who investigated the accident, the derailment was due to the fact that the train was traveling at too high a speed for this curve.
consequences
65 people died and 370 others were injured.
At the end of March 2013, a large memorial and memorial service for the victims and their relatives took place on the Mpola sports grounds in Dassenhoek .
References and comments
- ↑ The Sixty-three commuters report, published immediately after the accident, assumes 63 deaths.
- ^ Sixty-three commuters killed in the Durban train crash . In: The Independent, March 9, 1994
- ↑ Sanelisiwe Tsinde reports that the train only consisted of 8 cars.
- ↑ The greatest railway disasters Gondrom 1997 ISBN 3-8112-1580-9 , page 59
- ↑ Sanelisiwe Tsinde: 65 people who were killed in a train accident in 1994 remembered at a prayer on Freedom Day ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 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. dated April 30, 2013
