Bus-train collision in Buenos Aires

[bikkuri bahn]

cctv:

 

aftermath:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_OaOZCwKU&feature=newsweather

 

article:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2093150,00.html

 

still pictures:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14904888

 

*the trains are Toshiba-supplied units, third rail.

[cteno4]

how sad.

 

i was shocked by the statistic that a 30 year engineer vet may have 30 suicides by train.

 

jeff

[bikkuri bahn]

More amazing footage, from the cab and the station platform:

[bill937ca]

[bill937ca]

In the last few days there was also a bus-Premetro tram-cement truck crash in Buenos Aires.

 

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/78892/at-least-90-injured-after-bus-tram-and-lorry-collide-in-bajo-flores

 

Spanish lanugage press article with a clearer photo of the accident.

 

http://www.lacapital.com.ar/informacion-gral/Al-menos-90-heridos-tras-choque-de-un-colectivo-un-camion-y-el-Premetro-20110915-0046.html

 

"The accident took place, just two days after the tragic train crash at Flores train station, which killed eleven people."

 

Premetro trams: