09/18/2021 5:35 AM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 9/18/2021 5:35 AM
During the afternoon of this Friday, a motorcyclist
lost his life
after crossing the barrier and being attacked by the Sarmiento line train, in the Bonarense town of Haedo, in the Morón district.
The fatal accident occurred around 6.15pm at the Pueyrredón level crossing.
Despite the fact that the banderillero signaled
him not to cross
, the victim continued his march and was overwhelmed by the formation.
At that moment, the security man is seen turning around and walking backwards, remarkably impressed by what he had just witnessed.
Immediately after the collision,
the motorcycle caught fire
and flames also took over the front of the train.
In the videos that circulated on social networks, it was seen how they must have used fire extinguishers to control the explosion that affected the cabin.
Meanwhile,
the victim's
body
was under the train
and touching the third rail, which can cause electric shocks.
Sarmiento line circulates limited between Castelar and Moreno due to collision with motorcycle in Pueyrredon level crossing, Haedo station. # TrenSarmiento - @EduardoFeijoo pic.twitter.com/XPWxjJprFQ
- Central De Noticias (@CtralDeNoticias) September 17, 2021
As a consequence of the accident, the formation was stopped.
After the firefighters and the police arrived at the scene, the motorcycle and the body of the deceased motorcyclist were removed and the service partially restored between the Moreno and Castelar stations, from and to the province of Buenos Aires.
Thus it remained during the night of this Friday.
The teenager who was hit by a train in Villa 21-24
The case generated shock and pain among the residents of
Villa 21-24
de Barracas:
a 15-year-old teenager was run over
by the freight train that passes through the neighborhood, seconds after
saving her
three-year-old
brother
from the impact.
The episode occurred on Friday, August 20 at 10:30.
According to police sources, Luján Sofía Caballero López and her little brother would have tried to cross the tracks on the side, in an area where the Ferrosur company formation, a freight train concessioned by the Roca line,
passes a few centimeters from the boxes
.
In these extreme conditions for the inhabitants, the mother of the minor, named Ramona, informed the Federal Police personnel that Luján
slipped on the tracks
when the train approached block 7 of the neighborhood, which caused it to be overwhelmed by the unit.
But according to witnesses,
the young woman would have managed to push her brother earlier to
prevent him from also being hit.
Aware of the news, the residents of Villa 21-24 issued a statement to demand justice, demand for the integration of the neighborhood and prevent the train from continuing to pass as it currently does twice a day through those narrow and unsafe passages.
"No pasa más", was the title of the statement released by the organizations of Villa 21-24, its Neighborhood Council and the Church of Caacupé on behalf of the neighbors.
"For decades our lives, and especially that of our children, have been exposed to the danger of a freight train that crosses our neighborhood from end to end twice a day. For decades we have been demanding for the urban integration of our neighborhood, land use planning, for access to a decent habitat that offers health and safety for our lives, "they claimed.
Along the same lines, the neighbors recalled that they have already had "too many accidents, damages, injuries and losses", so that at the end of the letter they went to the authorities to inform them that "as of today the train will not be in our neighborhood. spend more ".
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