Szczekociny rail crash
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The Szczekociny rail crash occurred on 3 March 2012 when two passenger trains collided head-on near the town of Szczekociny, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Sixteen people died in the incident and 58 were injured. An investigative report showed that the cause of the crash was due to human error by train dispatchers and the train drivers.
Infographic of the crash
Polish Google Search page, displaying a black ribbon after the rail crash.
Szczekociny
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Szczekociny is a town on the Pilica river, in Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 3,612 inhabitants (2019).
Church of Saint Bartholomew
Battle of Szczekociny of 1794 by Michał Stachowicz
Dembiński Palace in 2008
Monument to local Jews murdered by Nazi Germans during the Holocaust