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A total of 100 people (from both railcars) were involved in the accident, with 3 fatal victims, they were Marta Fernández, Osvaldo BarcelĂł, and AgustĂn De Alba. The tragedy also had a huge amount of injured passengers, many of them became disabled. Few moments after the accident, hundreds of people
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Comodoro Rivadavia, helped by a downward gradient towards the city. Despite the desperate attempts of the train driver, it was impossible to stop the railcar, which crashed a
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was placed on the site of the accident to commemorate the tragedy. On August 12, 2021, the municipality of
Comodoro Rivadavia paid hommage to victims and their relatives placing a plaque that tells the unfortunate event.
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unit departing from
Comodoro Rivadavia towards Astra station. The impact was strong enough to pull both units almost 200 meters to Muelle YPF station. Most of the passengers were severely injured.
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