What the records say
- When
- 25 Aug 2010
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 33.97° S, 18.71° E
- Description
- commuter train crashed into a minibus taxi
- Deaths
- 9
Blackheath train accident
Commuter train crashed into a minibus taxi
The Blackheath train accident occurred at 7:03 a.m. on 25 August 2010 when a Metrorail commuter train crashed into a minibus taxi on the Buttskop Road level crossing in Blackheath, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The minibus was carrying fourteen children to school; nine died on the scene and five were hospitalised.
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