1956 Santiago rail crash

The 1956 Santiago rail crash occurred on February 14, 1956, at 4:00 a.m.[1] near the Chilean capital Santiago on the branch to Cartagena and killed 23 people.

1956 Santiago rail crash
Details
DateFebruary 14, 1956
4:00 a.m
LocationSantiago
CountryChile
LineSantiago - Cartagena
OperatorEmpresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
Incident typerear collision
CauseSignal passed at danger
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths23
Injuries198

Two trains left the capital twelve minutes apart. Seven kilometres into their journeys, the second train ran into the back of the first; destroying a wooden, third-class carriage. 23 people were killed and 198 injured. President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo ordered an immediate enquiry; the driver of the rear train was found to be at fault.

The accident happened just seven months after a very similar accident at San Bernardo twenty kilometers south of the city killed 38 people.

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