2011 Baby derailment
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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.
TLK train from to derailed at Baby
', near the town of Piotrków Trybunalski
. The accident happened at 16:15 local time
(14:15 UTC
). Initially, four passengers were reported dead, 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,, including about 20 in serious condition. The locomotive, PKP class EU07
, number 1034, 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 caused by the Assumption Day
holiday.
After the accident, it was reported that the train had been travelling at 118 kilometres per hour (73.3 mph) on a section of line where the maximum permitted speed was only 40 kilometres per hour (24.9 mph). The driver was placed under arrest in hospital, and on 15 August 2011 a court placed him under detention
for two months. The accident is under investigation by public prosecutor
s and by a special accident investigation committee.
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
to Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
in southern Poland derailed
Derailment
A derailment is an accident on a railway or tramway in which a rail vehicle, or part or all of a train, leaves the tracks on which it is travelling, with consequent damage and in many cases injury and/or death....
at Baby
Baby, Piotrków County
Baby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Moszczenica, within Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Moszczenica, north of Piotrków Trybunalski, and south-east of the regional capital Łódź....
, near Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski is a city in central Poland with 80,738 inhabitants . It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , and previously was the capital of Piotrków Voivodeship...
, killing one passenger and injuring 81 others.
Accident
On Friday, 12 August 2011, a PKP IntercityPKP Intercity
PKP Intercity is a company of PKP Group responsible for long-distance passenger transport. It runs about 350 trains daily, connecting mainly large aglomerations and smaller towns, also servicing most of the international trains....
TLK train from to derailed at Baby
Baby, Piotrków County
Baby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Moszczenica, within Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Moszczenica, north of Piotrków Trybunalski, and south-east of the regional capital Łódź....
', near the town of Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski is a city in central Poland with 80,738 inhabitants . It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , and previously was the capital of Piotrków Voivodeship...
. The accident happened at 16:15 local time
UTC+2
UTC+02 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . This time is used in:-Central Africa Time:*Botswana*Burundi*Democratic Republic of the Congo...
(14:15 UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is one of several closely related successors to Greenwich Mean Time. Computer servers, online services and other entities that rely on having a universally accepted time use UTC for that purpose...
). Initially, four passengers were reported dead, but search of the wreckage with the use of lifting equipment and rescue dogs
Search and rescue dog
The use of dogs in search and rescue is a valuable component in wilderness tracking, natural disasters, mass casualty events, and in locating missing people. Dedicated handlers and well-trained dogs are required for the use of dogs to be effective in search efforts...
established that only one 52-year-old man had died. A total of 81 passengers were injured,, including about 20 in serious condition. The locomotive, PKP class EU07
PKP class EU07
EU07 is the name for a Polish electric locomotive in service of the Polish railway operator PKP. This locomotive was designed as universal locomotive, and as such is used in both for freight and passenger traffic.-Technical data:...
, number 1034, 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 caused by the Assumption Day
Assumption of Mary
According to the belief of Christians of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of the Anglican Communion and Continuing Anglicanism, the Assumption of Mary was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her life...
holiday.
After the accident, it was reported that the train had been travelling at 118 kilometres per hour (73.3 mph) on a section of line where the maximum permitted speed was only 40 kilometres per hour (24.9 mph). The driver was placed under arrest in hospital, and on 15 August 2011 a court placed him under detention
Detention of suspects
The detention of suspects is the process of keeping a person who has been arrested in a police-cell, remand prison or other detention centre before trial or sentencing. One criticism of pretrial detention is that eventual acquittal can be a somewhat hollow victory, in that there is no way to...
for two months. The accident is under investigation by public prosecutor
Prosecutor
The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
s and by a special accident investigation committee.