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2013 Castelar rail disaster
The accident occurred near
Castelar train station
Details
Date13 June 2013
07:30 (10:30 UTC)
LocationCastelar, Greater Buenos Aires
Coordinates34°39′01″S 58°38′11″W / 34.65028°S 58.63639°W / -34.65028; -58.63639
CountryArgentina
Incident typeRear-end Collision
CauseTo the driver of 1, human error
Statistics
Trains2
Passengers1,000
Crew2 (1 on each train)
Deaths3
Injured315

The 2013 Castelar rail disaster occurred on 13 June 2013 at about 07:30 local time (10:30 UTC), in the Castelar neigborhood 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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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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