Ballymacarrett rail crash
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Ballymacarrett rail crash
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The Ballymacarrett rail crash occurred on 10 January 1945 at 7:50am in the Ballymacarrett area of Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland on the Belfast to Bangor Line of the Belfast and County Down Railway, when a train led by a heavy autotrain driving trailer ran into the back of a stopped passenger train consisting of lightweight wooden coaches. 22 died with 27 injured. It was the worst crash in Northern Ireland since 1889. The cause was found to be carelessness of the driver of the autotrain
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1945 train crash in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballymacarrett_rail_crash
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2024-02-06T13:04:21Z
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