Otłoczyn railway accident

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The Otłoczyn railway accident (Polish: Katastrofa kolejowa pod Otłoczynem) was a train crash which occurred on 19 August 1980, near the village of Otłoczyn (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland). 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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Autostrada Bursztynowa, gmina Wielka Nieszawka

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Pomnik ofiar katastrofy kolejowej pod Otłoczynem

Autostrada Bursztynowa
gmina Wielka Nieszawka
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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