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'{{current||recent train accident|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox rail accident | title = Ankara train collision | image = HT80101.jpg | image_upright = | image_alt = Photograph of high-speed train of the class that was involved in the accident | caption = A ''[[TCDD HT80000]]'' [[High-speed rail|high-speed]] [[electric multiple unit]], the same class as the train involved in the accident| map_type = Turkey Ankara | map = | AlternativeMap = | map_alt = | map_overlay = | map_dot_label = | map_size = | map_caption = Location of the accident in [[Ankara Province]], Turkey | date = 13 December 2018 | time = 06:34 [[UTC+3|local time]] (03:34 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) | location = Near [[Marşandiz railway station]], [[Yenimahalle]], [[Ankara Province]] | coordinates = {{coord|39|56|03|N|32|46|42|E|display=inline,title }} | country = Turkey | line = [[Istanbul-Ankara railway]] | operator = | service = | type = [[Head-on collision]] | cause = Under investigation | location-dist = | location-dir = | location-city = [[Yenimahalle]] | location-dist-mi = | trains = 2 | pax = 206 | crew = | deaths = 9 | injuries = 84 | damage = | map_state = | map_name = | footnotes = }} On 13 December 2018, a [[High-speed rail|high-speed passenger train]] and a [[Pilot (locomotive)|pilot locomotive]] collided near [[Yenimahalle]] in [[Ankara Province]], Turkey. Three [[Railcar|cars]] of the passenger train [[Derailment|derailed]] in the collision. Three [[railroad engineer]]<nowiki/>s and five passengers were killed onsite, and 84 people injured. One passenger has succumbed to their injuries, and 34 passengers, including two in critical condition, are being treated in several hospitals. ==Accident== [[File:E 68 017.jpg|thumb|left|[[TCDD E68000|''TCDD E68000'']]-class locomotive 68 041 (classmate 68 017 pictured) was involved in the accident.]] The [[Yüksek Hızlı Tren|Ankara–Konya high-speed train]] departed from the [[Ankara Tren Garı|Ankara high-speed railway station]] ({{lang-tr|Ankara YHT Garı}}) with 206 passengers on board at 06:30 [[UTC+3|local time]] (03:30 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) on 13 December 2018.<ref name="ntv1"/> About four minutes later, a [[head-on collision]] occurred when the [[Yüksek Hızlı Tren|high-speed train]], traveling towards [[Konya railway station|Konya]] at a line speed of about {{cvt|80|-|90|km/h}}, collided right before the [[Marşandiz railway station]] in [[Yenimahalle]] district of [[Ankara Province]] with a locomotive returning from a [[Rail inspection|railroad inspection]] duty. Three [[Railcar|cars]] of the high-speed train derailed, and a [[footbridge]] over the railway line collapsed onto two other cars.<ref name="ntv1"/><ref name=BBC46549288/> Eight people, including three [[railroad engineer]]s, were killed onsite.<ref name="ntv1"/><ref name="h1"/> A [[Germany|German]] citizen was among the victims.<ref name="ts1"/> The information about the initially reported 48 injured people was updated to 84.<ref name="ntv1"/><ref name="h1"/> The injured passengers, three of them in critical condition, were rushed to several hospitals in Ankara. One injured passenger died afterwards.<ref name="cnn1"/> Published photographs show that a ''[[TCDD E68000]]''-class locomotive (unit number 68 041) and a ''[[TCDD HT80000]]'' [[High-speed rail|high-speed]] [[electric multiple unit]] were involved in the accident.<ref name=Aljazeera181213051334317/> ==Aftermath== More than 40 [[ambulance]]s, 20 fire trucks, police, [[National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE)|National Medical Rescue team]]s, and fire and rescue teams rushed to the scene of the accident.<ref name="ntv1"/><ref name="cnn1"/> Works for wreckage removal began soon after heavy cranes were installed around the accident site at 16:00 local time (13:00 UTC). In order to reopen the railway line to normal traffic, teams of firefighters and railroad workers continued with cutting and removal works into the night despite heavy snowfall.<ref name="ht1"/> The Chief Prosecutor of Ankara launched an investigation to find out the cause of the accident,<ref name="cnn1"/> and appointed for this purpose his assistant and three more [[prosecutor]]s to the case.<ref name="ht2"/> Three railway personnel, an inspector, a [[train dispatcher]] and a [[switchman]], who were responsible for the direction of trains,<ref name="ht2"/> were detained on suspicion of [[negligence]].<ref name=CNN131218/><ref name=ITN131218/> Digital records in the trains and at the railway station as well as radio communication records between the officials on duty related to the direction of the trains were obtained for technical analysis as evidence. [[Closed-circuit television|Surveillance camera]] footage covering the accident became public.<ref name="ht2"/> It appeared that the pilot locomotive was on the correct [[track (rail transport)|track]] it was assigned to. The high-speed train was wrongly directed to the same track causing the head-on collision.<ref name="ht2"/> ==See also== *[[2018 in rail transport]] *[[2018 in Turkey]] *[[Rail transport in Turkey]] ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="h1">{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/son-dakika-ankarada-yht-kazasi-41050307 |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] |title=Ankara'da Yüksek Hızlı Tren kazası: 7 kişi hayatını kaybetti, 46 yaralı va |date=13 December 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=13 December 2018 }}</ref> <ref name="cnn1">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/son-dakika-ankarada-yht-kazasi |newspaper=[[CNN Türk]] |title=Ankara’da tren kazası |date=13 December 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=13 December 2018 }}</ref> <ref name=BBC46549288>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46549288 |title=Turkey train crash: At least nine dead in Ankara |newspaper=[[BBC News Online]] |accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name=Aljazeera181213051334317>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/turkey-train-crash-killed-high-speed-train-collision-181213051334317.html |title=Turkey train crash: Several killed in high-speed train collision |newspaper=[[Al Jazeera]] |accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name=CNN131218>{{cite news |url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/12/13/europe/turkey-train-crash-intl/index.html |title=High-speed train crashes in Turkey, killing 9 |newspaper=[[CNN]] |accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name=ITN131218>{{cit news |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2018-12-13/four-killed-after-train-crashes-into-overpass-in-turkish-capital/ |title=Three train workers detained after high-speed crash in Ankara leaves nine dead |newspaper=[[Independent Television News]] |accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ntv1">{{cite news |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/ankarada-yuksek-hizli-tren-kazasi-9-kisi-hayatini-kaybetti-84-kisi-yaralandi,PKpEjoY9hEWWUEZCXuOn-Q |newspaper=[[NTV (Turkey) |NTV]] |title=Ankara'da Yüksek Hızlı Tren kazası: 9 kişi hayatını kaybetti, 84 kişi yaralandı |date=13 December 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=13 December 2018 }}</ref> <ref name="ht1">{{cite news |url=https://www.haberturk.com/ankara-da-tren-kazasinda-enkaz-kaldirma-calismasi-suruyor-2259502 |newspaper=[[Habertürk]] |title=Ankara'da tren kazasında enkaz kaldırma çalışması sürüyor |date=14 December 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=14 December 2018 }}</ref> <ref name="ht2">{{cite news |url=https://www.haberturk.com/son-dakika-ankara-daki-tren-kazasinin-goruntuleri-ortaya-cikti-2260852 |newspaper=[[Habertürk]] |title=Ankara'daki tren kazasının görüntüleri ortaya çıktı! |date=14 December 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=15 December 2018 }}</ref> <ref name="ts1">{{cite news |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/zugunglueck-tuerkei-105.html |newspaper=[[Tagesschau (German TV series)|Tagesschau]] |title=Deutscher unter den Opfern |date=13 December 2018 |language=de |accessdate=14 December 2018 }}</ref> }} {{2018 railway accidents}} {{Railway accidents in Turkey}} {{Portal bar|Trains|Disasters|Death|Turkey|2010s}} [[Category:2018 in Turkey]] [[Category:2010s in Ankara]] [[Category:Accidents and incidents involving Turkish State Railways]] [[Category:December 2018 events in Asia]] [[Category:High-speed rail in Turkey]] [[Category:Passenger rail transport in Turkey]] [[Category:Railway accidents in 2018]] [[Category:Train collisions in Turkey]] [[Category:Transport in Ankara]]'