Accident ferroviaire

1963 Chualar bus crash

17 sept. 1963 · 36.55° N, 121.50° W

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17 sept. 1963
Type
Accident ferroviaire
Coordonnées
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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