1998 Shenyang trolleybus electrocution accident
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The Shenyang trolleybus electrocution accident is an overhead power line electrocution accident involving public transport in Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning province, Northeast China. The accident happened at 15:50 on August 12, 1998, when a trolley pole on a trolleybus stopping at a bus stop in the central Shenhe District slipped off the trolley wires and contacted an uninsulated 11kV high-voltage cable. The vehicle then became electrically charged and electric discharge happened whenever passengers stepped off, resulting in 5 deaths and 9 injuries. This accident had a devastating consequence to the trolleybus operations in Shenyang, ultimately resulting in the complete removal of the city's long-running trolleybus network.
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Date | 1998-08-12 11:50 |
Location | Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China |
Cause | accidental electrocution due to connection with 11kV cable |
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Vehicles | 1 articulated trolleybus |
Deaths | 5 or 6 |
Injured | 2 or 9 |