Die Unfallstelle am 12. April 1999

 Duitsland > North Rhine-Westphalia > Wuppertal

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A serious disaster in the history of the Wuppertal monorail occurred due to the fault of workers who forgot to remove the shoe from the rail after night preventive maintenance. As a result, the car went off the rail and crashed from a height into the Wupper River. Five passengers died, 49 were injured of varying severity.