Lathen train collision

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On 22 September 2006, a Transrapid magnetic levitation (or "maglev") train collided with a maintenance vehicle near Lathen, Germany, killing 23 people and wounding 11. It was the first fatal crash involving a maglev train.

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Lathen train collision
Samtgemeinde Lathen

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N 52.874444444444 °	E 7.3513888888889 °

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49762 Samtgemeinde Lathen
Lower Saxony, Germany
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