| Sa Pereira rail disaster | |
|---|---|
 The train after the impact | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 25 February 1978 7:22 am |
| Location | RN 19 level crossing, Sa Pereira Santa Fe |
| Country | Argentina |
| Line | FC Mitre |
| Operator | Ferrocarriles Argentinos |
| Service | Tucumán–Retiro |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Cause | Truck trespassing the level crossing |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Vehicles | 1 |
| Passengers | 2,130 |
| Deaths | 55 |
The Sa Pereira accident was a train wreck in the city of Sa Pereira in Santa Fe Province which occurred on 25 February 1978, when a long-distance passenger train operated by Ferrocarriles Argentinos crashed into a truck at a level crossing between the General Mitre Railway and RN 19 in Sa Pereira.
Leaving 55 people dead, it was the worst rail tragedy in the province of Santa Fe,[1] and the second-deadliest accident in the history of rail transport in Argentina, after the Benavídez rail disaster of 1970 which left 236 dead.[2]
- ^ La historia de la peor tragedia ferroviaria de la provincia by José Zenclussen on El Litoral
- ^ El tercer accidente ferroviario más grave en la historia del país, La Nación, Feb 2012