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Rockville Centre train crash

1950 in New York (state)Accidents and incidents involving Long Island Rail RoadFebruary 1950 events in the United StatesRailway accidents and incidents in New York (state)Railway accidents in 1950
Train collisions in the United StatesTransportation in Nassau County, New York

On February 17, 1950, two Long Island Rail Road trains collided on the Montauk Branch just west of Rockville Centre station in Rockville Centre, New York, killing 32 and injuring several dozen more. At the time, it was the deadliest collision in the railroad's history until the Kew Gardens train crash later that year. The crash was a head-on collision caused by two trains running along the same gauntlet track due to construction.

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Rockville Centre train crash
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Merrick Road 125
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