La Plata: Journalistic note at the General San Martin Institute where 40 are injured by injuries received in the accident that was recorded in the town of Coronel Brandsen when a train collided with passengers from the city of Mar del Plata with another freight train , No. 5107, both belonging to the company Ferrocarriles Argentinos. Report to Mrs. Juana Gambino de Morabit and another wounded lady where they relate what happened in the train tragedy. Journalistic note in the therapy room of the Melchor Romero Hospital where Mr. Domingo Fernández, a train driver of the firefly train who was driving from Mar del Plata to the Federal Capital, is hospitalized. Then the journalist asks the following questions: - Can you tell us what happened? - You marched from Mar del Plata to the capital when you found the other train? - You meet the machine and can not operate the brake circuits on the train? - What speed was your train? - And you need a fairly long braking distance? - The impact was very violent? -Do you hit the derailed train machine first? (Magnetic / Color)
Reference: The train called Luciérnaga of the company "Ferrocarriles Argentinos" formed by 13 wagons, left Mar del Plata at 23.55 to Plaza Constitución with 803 passengers on board. At 4.30 am, between the Jeppener and Brandsen stations, about 8 km from the latter, between Kms 68 and 69 coming out of a curve, while driving at about 120 km / h it hit the tip of a car The oil tanker of a freight train that had derailed a few minutes earlier from the ascending line. 34 people died and there were 74 injured.
Date: 9/3/1981
Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Code of the film: C-00991
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