2018 Bouknadel train derailment | |
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Details | |
Date | 16 October 2018 9:20 local time ( UTC+1) [1] |
Location | Bouknadel |
Coordinates | 34°7′43.6″N 6°43′56.5″W / 34.128778°N 6.732361°W |
Country | Morocco |
Line | 9 |
Operator | ONCF |
Incident type | Derailment |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Deaths | at least 7 |
Injured | at least 125 |
On 16 October 2018, a passenger train derailed near Bouknadel in Morocco, killing at least 7 and injuring at least 125. [2]
At 9:20 local time ( UTC+1), ONCF regional train service number 9 went off rails and the locomotive hit a bridge near the location of the derailment. [3]
Shortly after the accident, 7 victims were announced to be immediately killed and at least 80 were injured. [3]
Some hours after the accident, a royal palace communiqué announced that an investigation on the cause of the accident was opened. [3]
After the train accident, many Moroccans expressed their rage towards the national operator ONCF and an online campaign with the hashtag #Baraka meaning enough was launched to boycott the operator's services. [4]