What the records say
- When
- 4 Mar 1958
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 22.90° S, 43.24° W
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 128
1958 Rio de Janeiro train crash
Railway incident in Brazil
The 1958 Rio de Janeiro train crash, occurred on May 8, 1958, in Mangueira, a suburb two miles west of Rio de Janeiro city centre in Brazil when two electric trains collided head on, killing 128 people and injuring more than 300. It is the most serious rail accident in the history of the city.
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