2010 Skotterud train derailment
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The Skotterud derailment occurred on 1 October 2010, at Skotterud
, Norway
, when a InterCity train from Oslo (Norway) to Stockholm (Sweden) derailed due to a craked wheel. Forty people were reported injured.
the train derailed near Skotterud
at 17:40, with one carriage flipping over on its side and another running off the track and stopping in a ditch.
Passengers reported loud noises, sudden braking and a crash that some thought resulted from a collision with a vehicle. Most managed to get out of the wrecked carriages themselves and an emergency reception center was set up at the nearby town hall in Skotterud.
Skotterud
Skotterud is the administrative centre of Eidskog municipality, Norway. Its population is 1,361....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, when a InterCity train from Oslo (Norway) to Stockholm (Sweden) derailed due to a craked wheel. Forty people were reported injured.
Accident
Shortly after leaving KongsvingerKongsvinger
is a town and is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger....
the train derailed near Skotterud
Skotterud
Skotterud is the administrative centre of Eidskog municipality, Norway. Its population is 1,361....
at 17:40, with one carriage flipping over on its side and another running off the track and stopping in a ditch.
Passengers reported loud noises, sudden braking and a crash that some thought resulted from a collision with a vehicle. Most managed to get out of the wrecked carriages themselves and an emergency reception center was set up at the nearby town hall in Skotterud.