Piquet Carneiro train crash

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Piquet Carneiro train crash
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DateDecember 17, 1951
Location Piquet Carneiro
Country Brazil
Line Fortaleza - Crato [1]
Operator Rede Ferroviária do Nordeste
Incident TypeDerailment
CauseExcess speed
Statistics
Trains1
Deaths53

The Piquet Carneiro train crash, occurred on the December 17, 1951 at Piquet Carneiro in the state of Ceará in northeast Brazil and left 53 dead [2] (some sources 'around 100' [3] ).

Piquet Carneiro is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil.

Ceará State of Brazil

Ceará is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city.

The diesel train had left Crato the previous day, spending the night at Iguatu which it left at 5  a.m. The train derailed due to 'excessive speed' [4] later that morning near Piquet Carneiro station. Many were trapped in the wreckage; the local medical staff were overwhelmed and a shortage of equipment meant that carpenters saws were used to perform amputations without anaesthetic to free them. [3] [4]

Crato, Ceará Municipality in Nordeste, Brazil

Crato is a city of 130,000 inhabitants on the banks of the river Granjeiro in the south of the state of Ceará, in the northeast of Brazil. It was founded on June 21, 1764 by the Capuchin friar Carlos Maria de Ferrara. Originally it was a small village in which the population were principally native Kariris, it gained official status as a city on October 17, 1817.

Iguatu Municipality in Northeast, Brazil

Iguatu is a city in Ceará, a Brazilian State, with a population of 103,255. Agenor Neto is the city's mayor.

A monument to the victims of the disaster was erected at the scene of the accident by the local church with the support of the town authorities; it was restored in 2009. [3] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/ce_crato/indice.htm RVC - Linha Sul, Linha Norte e ramais -- Estações Ferroviárias do Estado do Ceará
  2. ↑ Railway Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, page 146, publ 1993, ISBN   0-8453-4844-2
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.informegeracao.com/2009/05/pelos-caminhos-da-historia-1.html Pelos Caminhos da História: O TREM DA MORTE
  4. 1 2 http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/ce_crato/piquet.htm Piquet Carneiro -- Estações Ferroviárias do Estado do Ceará
  5. ↑ http://paroquiacoracaojesus.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html Paróquia de Piquet Carneiro: terça-feira, 10 de novembro de 2009
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