Valencia Metro derailment
| Valencia Metro derailment | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | 3 July 2006 13:03 |
| Location | Valencia, Valencian Community |
| Coordinates | 39°27′41″N 0°22′57″W / 39.4613°N 0.3826°W |
| Country | Spain |
| Line | Line 1 |
| Operator | Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Cause | Overspeed at the curve |
| Statistics | |
| Deaths | 43 |
| Injured | 47 |
The Valencia Metro derailment occurred in Valencia, Spain's third largest city, on 3 July 2006 at 1 p.m. CEST (1100 UTC) between Jesús and Plaça d'Espanya stations on the Line 1 of the Metrovalencia mass transit system. At least 43 people were killed and more than ten were seriously injured.
Valencian forensic scientists identified all but one of the victims — a woman whose family has not claimed her, according to El País. Twenty-one of the victims were from Torrent, a locality seven kilometres from Valencia and the train's destination. Five more victims were from the city of Valencia itself, and two were from Paiporta, which is also nearby.