Iittala railway accident
The Iittala railway accident was the head-on collision of two trains on March 4, 1940 near Iittala , south of Tampere , Finland , in which 21 people died.
the accident
The accident occurred on the Riihimäki - Tampere railway line . With a train civilians should from the effects of Finnish-Soviet Winter War by Sweden be brought to safety. A train was also traveling in the opposite direction on the single-track line . There was heavy snowdrift. The engine driver of the second train overlooked a "stop" signal that was supposed to hold him back in a passing point . Then the trains collided.
consequences
21 people died, including 16 children and two mothers.
literature
- Peter WB Semmens: Disasters on the rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 .