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 | | The derailment straddled the opposite running line and despite the efforts of one railway man to warn the oncoming train, it was too close to stop in time and prevent the collision; more than 200 people died. |
 | | USA, Iowa, Corning: an Amtrak 'California Zephyr' train, enroute from Chicago to California with 195 passengers and 15 crew members derailed on a straightaaway between the communities of Brooks and Nodaway, about 70 miles southwest of Des Moines, IA. Nine cars were involved in the accident that occurred at 11.40 p.m. |
 | | Spain, Albacete province, near Chinchilla: A high-speed Talgo passenger train en route from Madrid to Cartagena with 86 passengers aboard collided head-on with a 28-container freight train around 9:40pm; causing some of the coaches to burst into flames; at least 19 people (14 passengers and 5 railroad employees) died, and 40 were injured. |
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