What the records say
- When
- 17 Jul 1955
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 33.59° S, 70.70° W
- Description
- 1955 railway incident in Chile
- Deaths
- 38
- Injured
- 58
San Bernardo train crash
1955 railway incident in Chile
The San Bernardo train crash was a fatal rail crash that happened on July 17, 1955 at San Bernardo, a suburb on the southern edge of Santiago, the capital of Chile, killing 38 passengers. It was the worst rail disaster in Chilean history until the rail disaster at Queronque in 1986 which killed 58.
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