2011 Baby derailment

On 12 August 2011, an express train travelling from Warsaw to Katowice in southern Poland derailed at Baby, near Piotrków Trybunalski, killing one passenger and injuring 81 others.

2011 Baby Derailment
A PKP class EU07 locomotive, similar to the one which derailed.
Details
Date12 August 2011
16:15 local time
LocationBaby, Piotrków County
Coordinates51°32′13″N 19°43′00″E
CountryPoland
LineWarsaw–Katowice
OperatorPKP Intercity
Incident typeDerailment
CauseUnder investigation
Statistics
TrainsOne
Passengers280
Deaths1
Injured81

Accident

On Friday, 12 August 2011, a PKP Intercity TLK train from Warszawa Centralna to Katowice derailed at Baby [ˈbabɨ], near the town of Piotrków Trybunalski. The accident happened at 16:15 local time (14:15 UTC). Initially, four passengers were reported dead,[1] but search of the wreckage with the use of lifting equipment and rescue dogs established that only one 52-year-old man had died. A total of 81 passengers were injured,[2] including about 20 in serious condition.[3] The locomotive, PKP class EU07, number 1034,[4] and all four carriages derailed. The first carriage turned over. The train was full, carrying almost 280 passengers, as the accident happened on the Friday before the long weekend of the Assumption Day holiday.[5]

After the accident, it was reported that the train had been travelling at 118 kilometres per hour (73 mph) on a section of line where the maximum permitted speed was only 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph). The driver was placed under arrest in the hospital, and on 15 August 2011 a court placed him under detention for two months. In 2015 he was found guilty of causing the derailment and sentenced for three years and three months of prison.[6]

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References
  1. "Poland: Train passenger killed in derailment". BBC News Online. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. "Areszt za katastrofę" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. "Katastrofa w Babach. Po przeszukaniu wagonów nie znaleziono więcej ofiar (Accident in Baby. Search of the wreckage yielded no more victims)". Wiadomości (in Polish). polskieradio.pl. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. "Katastrofa kolejowa w Babach pod Piotrkowem Trybunalskim (Accident in Baby, with photographs)" (in Polish). 2011 Polskapresse Sp. z o.o. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  5. "Dodelijk treinongeluk Polen (Deadly train crash in Poland)" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  6. "Pociąg wypadł z torów, dwie osoby zginęły. Maszynista prawomocnie skazany" (in Polish). TVN24. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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