2006 Cape Town truck-train collision
- 2006 Cape Town truck-train collision
The 2006 Cape Town truck-train collision was an accident that occurred on November 13 2006 when a Metrorail train collided with a truck that had stalled on an uncontrolled level crossing at [http://www.travelpost.com/AF/South_Africa/Western_Cape/Faure/map/1744320 Faure] near Somerset West, a town outside Cape Town, South Africa, at approximately 08:00 local time (06:00 GMT)[cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6142584.stm | title=SA train crash kills 27 farm workers| publisher=BBC | accessdate=2006-11-18] . 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.][cite news | url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=iol1163607460285B223 | title=Train crash death toll false, say police | publisher=IOL | accessdate=2006-11-18] . No passenger on board the train was injured but Metrorail reported that several suffered psychological shock.]Investigation
Police investigated a charge of culpable homicide
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