Murazze Di Vado Train Disaster
The Murazze di Vado train disaster was a railway accident which occurred on 15 April 1978, near Murazze di Vado, an area in the town of Vado, part of the Monzuno comune, Bologna. A passenger train was derailed close to a ravine, and seconds later a second train crashed into it. With 42 killed and 76 injured, it is the fourth highest death toll in the history of the Italian railways, after the Balvano, Fiumarella and Voghera disasters. While the official count of the injured is 76, the actual number of injured is often said to be from 117 to more than 120. Derailment and crash The accident, also known as 'Freccia della Laguna train disaster', occurred between Express passenger train '572 bis', travelling northbound to Bologna, and Rapido (equivalent to an actual Intercity) train 813 'Freccia della Laguna', travelling southbound to Florence. Passenger train "572 bis" was not a train normally travelling on the Firenze-Bologna route. Coming from Bari, Apulia Region, and being head ...
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