Keurensbira rail disaster

The Kürénsbîrä rail accident was a high speed rail crash that occured on the morning of 27 May 2009 on the outskirts of the village of Kürénsbîrä, Leubantia.

It happened when a Leubantian State Railways Class 460 High Speed Train (460567) collided with a DB Schenker locomotive pulling a train of ballast. The Class 460 and the DB Schenker locomotive were travelling at 175 mph and 80 mph, respectively. 56 people died and 120 were injured in the crash. Both the Class 460 power cars and Coaches A, B, and part of J were scattered across the line, while the the rest of J, and all of coaches C, D, E, F, G, H, and I were in a field. The DB Schenker locomotive was derailed, as were all of its ballast cars. One ballast car landed in a living room. The accident occured at 10:30 am summer time, the summer time being Central European Summer Time. The crash was caused by signal failure.

A day later, the President of Leubantia, Îdwärd Zünlé Büns Wîrlä, presented a mourning speech in memory to those who died in the crash in the capital, Trilfuva. On the same day, the vicar of Kürénsbîrä also presented a mourning speech.