Faure level crossing accident

The Faure level crossing accident was a truck-train collision near Cape Town, South Africa that caused nineteen deaths. It occurred at approximately 8 a.m. on 13 November 2006 when a Metrorail train collided with a truck that had stalled on an uncontrolled level crossing at Faure near Somerset West.[1] The truck was carrying at least thirty-three workers from a local vineyard and there were nineteen fatalities (eleven men and eight women) and six other injured people among the occupants of the vehicle. Original estimates had the death toll as high as twenty-seven,[1] but this soon fell to twenty and then nineteen.[2] No passengers on board the train were injured but Metrorail reported that several suffered psychological shock.[1] Witnesses reported seeing smoke but no fire.

Faure level crossing accident
The wreckage after the collision
Details
Date	13 November 2006 08:00
Location	Faure, Eerste River, Western Cape 32 km (20 mi) SE from Cape Town
Country	South Africa
Line	Overberg branch line
Operator	Metrorail
Incident type	Level crossing accident
Statistics
Trains	1
Deaths	19
Injuries	6

Investigation

Police investigated a charge of culpable homicide.[2]

References

1. "SA train crash kills 27 farm workers". BBC News. 13 November 2006. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
2. "Train crash death toll false, say police". Independent Online. 15 November 2006. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2006.