Sa Pereira rail disaster
| Sa Pereira rail disaster | |
|---|---|
The train after the impact | |
| Details | |
| Date | 25 February 1978 7:22 am |
| Location | RN 19 level crossing, Sa Pereira Santa Fe |
| Country | Argentina |
| Line | FC Mitre |
| Operator | Ferrocarriles Argentinos |
| Service | Tucumán–Retiro |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Cause | Truck trespassing the level crossing |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Vehicles | 1 |
| Passengers | 2,130 |
| Deaths | 55 |
The Sa Pereira accident was a train wreck in the city of Sa Pereira in Santa Fe Province which occurred on 25 February 1978, when a long-distance passenger train operated by Ferrocarriles Argentinos crashed into a truck at a level crossing between the General Mitre Railway and RN 19 highway in Sa Pereira.
Leaving 55 people dead, it was the worst rail tragedy in the province of Santa Fe, and the second-deadliest accident in the history of rail transport in Argentina, after the Benavídez rail disaster of 1970 which left 236 dead.