What the records say
- When
- 17 Sep 1963
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 36.55° N, 121.50° W
- Description
- train and bus crash in California on September 17, 1963
- Deaths
- 32
- Injured
- 25
Chualar train-bus collision
Train and bus crash in California on September 17, 1963
The Chualar bus crash took place on September 17, 1963, when a freight train collided with a makeshift "bus" — a flatbed truck with two long benches and a canopy — carrying 58 migrant farmworkers on a railroad crossing outside Chualar in the Salinas Valley, California, United States, killing 32 people and injuring 25. The crash is ranked as the deadliest automobile accident in U.S.
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