What the records say
- When
- 3 Jun 2003
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 38.89° N, 1.69° W
- Description
- 2003 train collision in Spain
- Deaths
- 19
- Injured
- 50
- Cause
- human error
Chinchilla train collision
2003 train collision in Spain
The Chinchilla train collision occurred on 3 June 2003, when a passenger train and a freight train collided on the Cartagena-Albacete line in the Castilian-Manchego municipality of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, Albacete, Spain. The accident, caused by both trains mistakenly being put on the same track, resulted in 19 deaths and around 50 wounded.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la localidad manchega de Chinchilla ocurre un grave accidente de tren por culpa de un error humano, fallecen 19 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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