Tåsen accident

Tåsen accident

Date	February 24, 1992
Time	12:55 p.m. EDT (06:55 UTC +1)
Location	Between Tåsen and Østhorn stations at Nordberg, Oslo
Country	Norway
Rail line	Sognsvann Line
Operator	Oslo Sporveier
Type of incident	Collision between passenger train and excavator
Statistics
Trains	One T1300 train and one excavator
Deaths	One
Injuries	10

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The excavator's tilting bucket smashed into the front window of the first wagon and destroyed the whole front part of the train.^[3]

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.^[4] She died after a few seconds, while her child was seriously wounded, and sent to Ullevål University Hospital.^[5]

References

1. Skjævesland, Odd I. (February 25, 1992). "Datteren ennå ikke utenfor fare". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 2.
2. Fonbæk, Dag; Johansen, Tore (February 25, 1992). "Katastrofe på linje 13". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). pp. 24–7.
3. "Kvinne drept - fire alvorlig skadd etter kollisjon" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. February 24, 1992.
4. Bøhm-Pedersen, Karin; Skjævesland, Odd I.; Torgersen, Hans O. (February 25, 1992). "Kvinne omkom i Tbaneulykke". Aftenposten Morgen (in Norwegian). p. 3.
5. Eithun, Gerdfinn (February 26, 1992). "Bergens-kvinne omkom". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 7.