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Boaks was injured in a minor road traffic crash while getting off a bus. His death in hospital two years later was the result of complications from the head injuries sustained. Tony Boeckel: 1892 1924 31 years American baseball player car San Diego, California Cris Bolado: 1969 2017 47 years Filipino basketball player motorcycle Phnom Penh ...
The Coton Hill rail crash was a train crash which occurred on 11 January 1965, at Coton Hill, near Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It happened when a heavily loaded freight train ran out of control on the 1 in 100 Hencote incline, and was derailed on a set of trap points, eventually demolishing a signal box. The signalman on duty was killed ...
The Rednal rail crash was a rail accident that occurred near Rednal station in Shropshire. On 7 June 1865 a permanent way (groundwork and rails) gang were lifting and packing the "up" line 600 yards (550 m) north of Rednal station on a 1 in 132 gradient that falls from Whittington. A green flag had been set 1,100 yards (1,000 m) away at the top ...
Welshampton rail accident, Shropshire: Derailment. 1 September 1897: 1: 31: Tooths Bank, near Heathfield, Sussex: Excessive speed caused derailment. [96] 10 October 1897: 1: 2: Penistone station, West Riding: Light locomotive collided with a coach. 15 November 1897: 2: Menheniot: Reconstruction of Trevido Viaduct, accident raising a heavy ...
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The country's worst train accident with 95 deaths and 150 injuries. November 16 – France – Due to human error, a Micheline passenger train to Chartres is signaled to leave La Roche-sur-Yon while a freight is still approaching on the single track. The trains crash head-on; 29 are killed and another 22 injured. [107] [108]
June 3 – France – Joigny coach crash. A Shropshire based double-decker coach bus suffered a blowout of the front tyre on the autoroute A6 near Auxerre when it was 20 mph in excess of the speed limit. This caused it to crash, killing 11 people and injuring 61 British tourists, all returning from Costa Brava.