| Faure level crossing accident | |
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The wreckage after the collision |
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| Details | |
| Date | 13 November 2006 |
| Time | 08:00 |
| Location | Faure, Eerste Rivier, Western Cape 32 km (20 mi) SE from Cape Town |
| Country | South Africa |
| Rail line | Overberg branch line |
| Operator | Metrorail |
| Type of incident | Level crossing accident |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths | 19 |
| Injuries | 6 |
The Faure level crossing accident occurred at approximately 8 a.m. on 13 November 2006 when a Metrorail train collided with a truck that had stalled on an uncontrolled level crossing at Faure near Somerset West, a town outside Cape Town, South Africa.[1] The truck was carrying at least thirty-three workers from a local vineyard and there were nineteen fatalities (eleven men and eight women) and six injured people among the occupants of the vehicle. Original estimates had the death toll as high as twenty-seven.[1] but this soon fell to twenty and then nineteen.[2] No passengers on board the train were injured but Metrorail reported that several suffered psychological shock.[1] Witnesses reported seeing smoke but no fire.
Police investigated a charge of culpable homicide.[2]
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