The Nosaby level crossing accident ( sv, Järnvägsolyckan i Nosaby or ''Tågolyckan i Nosaby'') occurred on 10 September 2004 at 9.07 a.m. in
Nosaby in
Kristianstad Municipality, Sweden.
Accident
Train 357 bound for
Malmö left
Karlskrona
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at 7.33 a.m. According to witnesses, a truck was going to pass the level crossing near
Nosaby Church exactly when the barriers went down at 9.00 a.m. The train crashed into the truck trailer and the
pellets which were loaded in the trailer flew out. The truck was thrown forward and crashed into another truck that was waiting for the barriers to go up.
The first railcar derailed completely and rotated 180°. The second and third also derailed, destroying the rail and the
embankment.
The two drivers who were at the front of the train (one on duty, one off) died and 47 passengers were injured.
Legal process
The truck driver claimed that he was dazzled by the sun, and that he didn't see the barriers that went down. Rather than quickly leaving the level crossing by driving through the barrier, he left the truck and tried to lift the barrier while the truck was left on the rail. On 19 December 2005, he was sentenced to prison for 1 year and 2 months for
reckless driving
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("''vårdslöshet i trafik''"), causing death ("''vållande till annans död''") and causing bodily harm ("''vållande till kroppsskada''") by Kristianstads tingsrätt, Kristianstads Tingsrätt.
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References and sources
The Swedish Accident Investigation Board's reportTrafikverket's report
2004 in Sweden
Railway accidents in 2004
Level crossing incidents in Sweden
September 2004 events in Sweden
21st century in Skåne County
2004 disasters in Sweden