A formation Sarmiento train It derailed on Tuesday, near the Liniers station, at the intersection of Rivadavia and Timoteo Gordillo, causing anxiety and tension among passengers, 20 of whom were injured – nine of them with multiple injuries. Hours after the accident, a video was released, filmed by one of the security cameras in the area, showing the exact moment the unit went off the track.
As can be seen on the security camera, the formation was moving along its track, when suddenly a light appeared on the tracks and the train derailed. Currently, after toxicology and alcohol tests have been conducted on the people responsible, The investigation continues to determine the causes of the accident.
In other images, passengers were seen walking along the tracks to be able to leave the mismatch, while another video clip showed the interior of the empty formation with a large hole in the docking area after the mismatch. Minor accidents have also been reported. In one video, a man, when the service was suspended, takes a rod that was on the floor and throws it at one of the information screens in the station.
Three cars moved from the formation into a parallel lane. “to At 3:50pm today there was a mismatch in formation 3358 heading from Moreno to Once, at Liniers station.. The accident occurred when changing the route. “Due to this discrepancy, the train stopped on time in accordance with operational safety protocol,” they said from Trenis Argentinos. Meanwhile, passengers were evacuated in an organized manner.
11 wounded They were treated at the scene and nine others with multiple traumas and injuries of moderate complexity were transported to Santojani, Velez Sarsfield, General de Agudos Dr. Teodoro Alvarez and General de Agudos C. Grierson hospitals, while There were no serious injuries. Among the total, there were two minors who were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
He appeared at the scene Ruben “Polo” SobreroHead of the Western Section of the Union of Railways (UF), who stated that the incident occurred “in the area of the drainage system that was installed a week ago,” stressing that it “was not due to human failure.”
He continued: “A week ago, a new gear system was installed, which is the result of something that was requested because the existing system was from 1930, and through which human failures are avoided because no one is allowed to open the gear when a train passes, which is what happened.”
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