Country Norway Date 24 February 1992 Injuries 10 | Rail line Sognsvann Line Operator Oslo Sporveier | |
Time 12:55 p.m. EDT (06:55 UTC +1) Location Between Tåsen and Østhorn stations at Nordberg, Oslo Type of incident Collision between passenger train and excavator Trains One T1300 train and one excavator | ||
The Tåsen accident was a collision between a T1300 train and an excavator on the Sognsvann Line of the Oslo Metro in Oslo, Norway. The accident happened February 24, 1992 just north of Tåsen Station.
Accident
At 12:55 p.m. EDT (06:55 UTC) on Monday, On February 24, 1992, a double-wagoned T1300 train of the 8 series, bound from Stortinget on line no. 13 for Sognsvann left Tåsen Station. A few seconds later, in the same minute, it crashed into an excavator that was performing maintaince work on the line, just after having gained speed. The excavator's tilting bucket smashed into the front window of the first wagon and destroyed the whole front part of the train.
A 26-year-old woman, Jannecke Løset McDonald from Bergen sat with her 6-year-old daughter on the first row of the train when the bucket hit the train's left part. She died after a few seconds, while her child was seriously wounded, and sent to Ullevål University Hospital.