A Subway Accident, 47 Deaths and Two Decades of Struggle: "July 3rd Is No Longer a Day of Protest, It Is a Day of Remembrance"
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Twenty years after the Metrovalència accident of July 3, 2006, 43 people died and 47 others were seriously injured. It was and remains the most serious accident ever in a Metro network in Spain today. A convoy with 150 passengers on board derailed and overturned between the stations of Pl. Espanya and Jesus a few minutes after 1:00 p.m. of that day. It circulated at 80 km/h on a curve marked at 40 km/h. A real catastrophe marked later, moreover,…
Twenty years ago today, thousands of people left their homes, ready to resume another day of their routine. Some of them boarded the subway to travel to their workplaces or wherever they needed to be that day at that time. A speed that was twice the limit for that section of track led to the derailment of the train, which resulted in the deaths of 43 people, injuries to 47 others, and a judicial investigation that was shelved three times. The in…
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