Bus-train collision in Buenos Aires

[bikkuri bahn]

cctv:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/NphPYn7vFqU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/NphPYn7vFqU</a>

aftermath:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/t1_OaOZCwKU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/t1_OaOZCwKU</a>

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:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3zYMJEZ7l4s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/3zYMJEZ7l4s</a>

[bill937ca]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/CjkMPUxaAHM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/CjkMPUxaAHM</a>

[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:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/rCPU-2aVGAQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/rCPU-2aVGAQ</a>