The 2011 Flores rail crash occurred at 06.23

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on 13 September 2011 when a bus on a

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at Flores railway station, in the

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'' of

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, was hit by a train on the

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, heading for

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. The accident caused the derailing train to slam into a stationary train at the station.El de Flores es el quinto accidente grave de trenes en los últimos nueve meses en Buenos Aires
on ''La Capital'', 13 Sep 2011 It is regarded as the worst train accident in Buenos Aires within 50 years, though its death toll would be surpassed six months later by another crash in the city center.

The train

The train, operated by

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, derailed and crashed into a second train,

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-bound in the

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''barrio'', which was standing at the station. The accident, which occurred during the morning

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, resulted in 11 deaths and 228 injuries. The bus, owned by the company "Microomnibus Saenz Peña", was working a scheduled service on route 92, heading for Retiro. Video evidence revealed that the bus driver, who was killed in the accident, ignored warning flash lights and bells 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).Se cumplen 9 años del trágico accidente
on ''Revista Colectibondi'', 13 Sep 2020

Impact

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 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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in 1962.

References

External links

Video of the accident
by Centro Información Judicial
Accidente Vial en Flores
- Report by

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