Forst Zinna rail disaster
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Date | 19 January 1988 |
Location | Forst Zinna |
Country | East Germany |
Incident type | Collision with a T-64 tank |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Deaths | 6 |
Injured | 33 |
The Forst Zinna rail disaster occurred 19 January 1988 in Forst Zinna, East Germany. A Soviet T-64 tank got stuck on a level crossing and was hit by express train.[1] 6 killed, 33 are injured. It was one of the worst train accidents in the history of the GDR.[2]