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1984 Vermont train wreck | |
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Details | |
Date | 7 July 1984 |
Location | Between Williston and Essex, Vermont |
Country | United States |
Operator | Amtrak |
Owner | Central Vermont Railway |
Service | Montrealer |
Incident type | Derailment |
Cause | Track washout due to flash flooding |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Passengers | 262 |
Crew | 16 |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 29 serious |
On the morning of 7 July 1984, the northbound Montrealer derailed between Williston and Essex, Vermont due to a 50 ft (15 m) washout in the embankment carrying the tracks of the Central Vermont Railway, with five of the train's cars falling into the gap. 5 of the 278 passengers and crew were killed in the accident, and 29 more were seriously injured. The washout was produced by extremely-severe flash flooding resulting from a combination of unprecedentedly-heavy rain and the sudden release of water from several beaver dams which burst due to the rainstorm. [1] [2] [3] The crash resulted in "the most massive rescue effort in the state [of Vermont]’s history." [4]
It was 6:51 A.M., July 6, 1984, when the Amtrak Montrealer went flying over a washout outside Williston, Vermont. Here’s exactly what happened, leading to the most massive rescue effort in the state’s history
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