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2013 Castelar rail disaster | |
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![]() The accident occurred near Castelar train station | |
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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]