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Pécrot rail crash

2001 CE · Belgium, Europe · Disaster

Pécrot rail crash
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The Pécrot rail crash was a rail accident in the village of Pécrot, Belgium, that occurred on 27 March 2001 when two passenger trains collided head-on. The crash left 8 dead and 12 injured and was Belgium's worst rail disaster in a quarter of a century.

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