Piquet Carneiro railway accident

The Piquet Carneiro railway accident on December 17, 1951 was a derailment due to excessive speed at the train station of Piquet Carneiro , in the state of Ceará , in northeastern Brazil . At least 53 deaths were the result, according to another source around 100.

The accident happened on the railway line Fortaleza - Crato of Rede Ferroviária do Nordeste .

The train had left Crato the day before and had stopped overnight in Iguatu . From there he had left at 5 a.m. On the morning of the day of the accident, he derailed at excessive speed near the Piquet Carneiro train station. Numerous victims were trapped in the wreckage of the vehicles . The high number of victims among the passengers was also due to the very inadequate rescue measures and the poor first aid at the accident site.

A memorial to the victims was erected at the accident site , which was restored in 2009.

literature

• Edgar A. Haine: Railway Wrecks . 1993. ISBN 0-8453-4844-2 , p. 146.

Web links

• Ralph Giesbrecht's blog: Trens De Passageiros de Volta? (In Portuguese , contains excerpts from contemporary newspaper reports).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Haine, p. 146.
2. ↑ Pelos Caminhos da História: O Trem da Morte .
3. ^ RVC - Linha Sul, Linha Norte e ramais - Estações Ferroviárias do Estado do Ceará .
4. ↑ Piquet Carneiro - Estações Ferroviárias do Estado do Ceará .
5. ↑ Pelos Caminhos da História: O Trem da Morte ; Piquet Carneiro - Estações Ferroviárias do Estado do Ceará .
6. ↑ Pelos Caminhos da História: O Trem da Morte ; Paróquia de Piquet Carneiro: terça-feira, 10 de novembro de 2009 .

Coordinates: 5 ° 47 ′ 51.6 ″  S , 39 ° 24 ′ 31.5 ″  W.