2013 Castelar rail accident
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| 2013 Castelar rail disaster | |
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.jpg) The accident occurred near Castelar train station | |
| Details | |
| Date | 13 June 2013 07:30 (10:30 UTC) |
| Location | Castelar, Greater Buenos Aires |
| Coordinates | 34°39′01″S 58°38′11″W / 34.65028°S 58.63639°W |
| Country | Argentina |
| Incident type | Rear-end Collision |
| Cause | To the driver of 1, human error |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Passengers | 1,000 |
| Crew | 2 (1 on each train) |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 315 |
The 2013 Castelar rail disaster occurred on 13 June 2013 at about 07:30 local time (10:30 UTC), in the Castelar neighborhood of Morón Partido in Greater Buenos Aires area, about 30km (19 miles) west of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A passenger train travelling in the morning rush hour hit a stationary train that was empty. At least 3 people were killed and another 315 were injured.[1][2][3] This crash took place on the Sarmiento line between Once railway station and Moreno, the same line which was the scene of the 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster.[4]
Following official investigations which determined that the brakes were in working order and that the driver sped through three warning signals without attempting to apply them,[5] the driver, Daniel López, was formally charged with negligent homicide on October 2.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Deadly train crash near Buenos Aires". BBC News Online. BBC. June 13, 2013. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ "Three dead, 155 injured in Argentina train crash". Yahoo! News. June 13, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "Otro accidente en el Sarmiento: un tren chocó contra el andén" [Another accident in Sarmiento: a train hit the platform]. Clarín. June 13, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "Trains collide near Buenos Aires; 3 dead, hundreds injured". CNN. June 14, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ "Tragedia de Castelar: El maquinista no intentó parar el tren, según la pericia oficial". Clarín. September 12, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013.
- ^ "Choque de trenes en Castelar: procesan al motorman" [Castelar train wreck: processed by the motorman]. Info News. October 2, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
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