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      Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    It's eighty years today since one of New Zealand's worst rail disasters

    It's eighty years today since one of New Zealand's worst rail disasters


    On June 4th, 1943 the Cromwell to Dunedin express train derailed on a bend near Hyde in Otago.

    Of the 113 passengers aboard the pre-Kings Birthday service, 21 were killed and 47 were injured.

    A Commission of Inquiry later found the train was travelling at excessive speed and the engine driver served prison time for manslaughter.

    A memorial marks the accident site today.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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