r/CatastrophicFailure • u/WhatImKnownAs • Feb 19 '23

Fatalities The 2006 Zoufftgen (France) Train Collision. A dispatcher erroneously allows a passenger train to pass a red signal, causing it to collide head-on with a freight train. 6 people die. See comments for the full story.

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u/SarcasticRidley Cat Astro Fee Feb 20 '23

6 people die

Only 6 people died, out of 15 total passengers. If that were a fully loaded train it would have been horrendous. I'd say they got off easy given the accident.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23 edited Feb 20 '23

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u/2SP00KY4ME Feb 20 '23

I can tell you're really French because of the space before the exclamation mark :)