2011 Boudouaou rail accident

The 2011 Boudouaou rail accident is a train wreck which occurred on 22 August 2011 when two trains collided in Algeria killing 1 people and injuring 24 people.[1]

This article is about Boudouaou. For other uses, see Boudouaou (disambiguation).
2011 Boudouaou rail accident
Details
Date22 August 2011
11:15 am
LocationBoumerdès Province
Coordinates36.7531054°N 3.4203953°E / 36.7531054; 3.4203953
Country Algeria
LineAlgiers to Thénia
OperatorNational Company for Rail Transport
Incident typeTrain wreck
Statistics
Trains2
Passengers500
Deaths1
Injured24

Collision

Leaving from the Algiers station to Thénia station on the morning of 22 August 2011, two trains collided between Boudouaou and Corso in the Boumerdès Province following a stop marked by the first freight train which was driving ahead, and which the conductors of the second train carrying the passengers would not have noticed.[2]

The National Company for Rail Transport (SNTF) investigation then affirmed that the Electric multiple unit self-propelled passenger train was traveling at maximum speed while it should only travel 10 km per hour to allow the freight train in front of it to move forward and to arrive at Corso train station.[3]

The shock which took place at 11:15 in the morning caused the derailment of two cars, one car of each train and which were involved in the collision.[4]

Victims

Travelers injured in the collision were not in danger according to local medical sources, as the majority of travelers were shocked by what happened and others were slightly injured. No cases of fracture were recorded and the cuts reported were not serious at the scene of the train accident.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Boumerdès: 01 mort et 24 blessés dans une collision entre deux trains | El Watan". www.elwatan.com.
  2. "Collision entre deux trains : 1 mort et 44 blessés: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com". www.liberte-algerie.com.
  3. "Algérie : Collision entre deux trains à Corso, plusieurs blessés - Algerie360". www.algerie360.com. August 22, 2011.
  4. "Collision entre deux trains : 1 mort et 44 blessés". Djazairess.
  5. "Un mort et 44 blessés dans une collision de trains à Corso". Djazairess.
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