Awash rail disaster

A passenger train of the Addis Ababa to Djibouti railway derailed while crossing a bridge over a ravine near the town of Awash. Figures differ: the Ethiopian government said 392 people died, while another account gives at least 428 killed and several others critically injured. The date is given as 13 January in one account and 14 January in the other.

Date
1985-01-13
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
428
What the pin marks
The crossing near Awash where the train derailed into the ravine, as the cited page positions it.
Where the position is published
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidente_ferroviario_di_Auasc

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: derailment, ethiopia, bridge, ravine

Coordinates: 9.02556, 40.18408

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