What the records say
- When
- 13 Nov 2006
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 34.03° S, 18.75° E
- Description
- 2006 railway incident in South Africa
- Deaths
- 19
Faure level crossing accident
2006 railway incident in South Africa
The Faure level crossing accident was a truck-train collision near Cape Town, South Africa that caused 19 deaths. It occurred at approximately 8 a.m. on 13 November 2006 when a Metrorail train collided with a truck that had stalled on an uncontrolled level crossing at Faure near Somerset West.
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