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arriving at the opposite platform. It took firefighters two hours to release one of the train drivers from the wreckage. A total of 100 ambulances and 10 fire engines attended the incident, and some of the injured were ferried to hospital by helicopter. At the time, it was the deadliest rail crash within the city since the
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The impact carried the bus into the station, where it was crushed against a platform, the majority of deaths were from people seated in the front of the bus, as this is where it was crushed against the platform. The front carriages of the train derailed, and hit the Once bound train, which was
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on José Artigas street and drove around a partly lowered crossing barrier (partially due to the fact that these had been in a state of constant activation for some time).
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El de Flores es el quinto accidente grave de trenes en los Ăşltimos nueve meses en Buenos Aires
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Video evidence revealed that the bus driver, who was killed in the accident, ignored
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It is regarded as the worst train accident in Buenos Aires within 50 years.
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Flores
Buenos Aires
34°37′39″S 58°27′54″W / 34.62750°S 58.46500°W / -34.62750; -58.46500
Argentina
Sarmiento Line
Trenes de Buenos Aires
grade crossing accident
Head-on collision
ART
level crossing
Flores
barrio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sarmiento Line
Moreno
Trenes de Buenos Aires
Once
Balvanera
rush hour
Retiro
warning flash lights and bells
Villa Soldati level crossing tragedy
El de Flores es el quinto accidente grave de trenes en los Ăşltimos nueve meses en Buenos Aires


Se cumplen 9 años del trágico accidente
"Al Menos Once Muertos y 228 Heridos en la Mayor Tragedia con Trenes en la Ciudad en Casi 50 Años"
"Argentina Bus and Trains Crash Killing at Least 11"

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