After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.

Eschede train disaster

1998 high-speed train crash near Eschede, Germany

On 3 June 1998, part of an ICE 1 train on the Hanover–Hamburg railway near Eschede in Lower Saxony, Germany derailed and crashed into an overpass that crossed the railroad, which then collapsed onto the train. 101 people were killed and at least 88 were injured, making it the…