Citation
(2001), "Railway accidents", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 10 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2001.07310bac.004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Railway accidents
Railway accidents
23 May 2000 – Dakar, Senegal
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a train carrying thousands of Muslim pilgrims was derailed outside Dakar. Witnesses said many of the victims were crashed inside the carriages, which had fallen on their sides. Many ambulances were sent at the scene of the accident, where cranes and a French military helicopter were helping in the search for those trapped. The cause of the accident was not immediately known. The train was derailed near Diarnniadio, around 30km east of Dakar. Witnesses blamed faulty track for the accident.
13 June 2000 – Jhampir Area, Pakistan
Two passenger trains collided today and witnesses said as many as 20 people may have died. The accident occurred outside Jhampir, 15 miles north of Karachi, police said. The Awarni Express and Shah Latif passenger trains slammed into each other. It is not clear why the two trains were travelling on the same track. Witnesses said as many as 20 people may have been killed and that two cars were demolished. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
28 June 2000 – Padang Panjang, Indonesia
At least 32 people, most of them children, have been killed in western Indonesia after a coal train they had hitched a ride on derailed. The children were on their way home after enrolling for the new school term in the West Sumatra city of Padang, a military official said. Some of the victims were crushed between carriages which smashed into each other when the train came off the tracks, according to a television report. The cause of the accident in the town of Padang Panjang was not immediately clear. But SCTV television said the freight train went out of control when the brakes failed. About 80 people had hitched a ride on the train's coal cars because the road to their homes was closed for repairs. When dusk fell, the official toll of the accident stood at 32 people. The police and military are continuing to search for survivors.
Extracted from Lloyd's Casualty Week