Keywords: Train Crash Cerhovice 1868 Chalupa.jpg Train crash on Bohemian Western Railroad near the village of Újezd probably around present-day train stop Cerhovice on the route from Plzeň to Prague It happened on 10 November 1868 around 6 am A passenger train carrying Hungarian and Slovak soldiers home from an excercise in Plzeň was stopped by deep snow on the tracks It was followed by a cargo train loaded by coal that failed to stop and crashed into the passenger train from the back Four passenger cars were demolished killing 22 soldiers on the spot and injuring 60 others 13 of which died later The 22 first victims were buried in a mass grave at the cemetery in Cerhovice on November 13 Written according to a news article in Czech http //kramerius nkp cz/kramerius/handle/ABA001/8574252 http //kramerius nkp cz/kramerius/handle/ABA001/8574251 SvÄ›tozor year 1868 issue 47 digitized by Czech Academy of Science link points to National Library in Prague a more stable server Painted 11 November 1868 Published 20 November 1868 FrantiÅ¡ek Chalupa 1828 - 1887 PD-old FrantiÅ¡ek Chalupa SvÄ›tozor Cerhovice Railway line Beroun - Plzeň 1868 in Bohemia Kingdom of Bohemia 1867 “1918 Rail transport accidents in the Czech Republic Railway accidents in the 1860s |