Train kills seven on TV show
{{date|March 18, 2006}}

A runaway train killed seven people and injured eleven more today in the small town of Young, [[Uruguay]], about 235 miles west of Montevideo. The victims were taking part in an Uruguyan reality game show, Desafio al Corazon, or "A Challenge to my Heart," where communities can raise money by performing tasks. The task in this accident was to push or pull a train with two cars attached to it down a railroad track. The train gathered too much momentum and ran down the people in front of it. 

One eyewitness, Ana Portela, said that the train was in motion when "somebody slipped and fell under the locomotive, and others were falling alongside it. There were shouts and somebody cried 'my arm!' Everybody was in a state of shock." 

Local authorities have declared three days of official mourning as Uruguayan President [[w:Tabaré Vázquez|Tabaré Vázquez]] offered his deepest condolences for the victims of the crash. A spokeswoman from the channel airing the program, Mrs. Graciela Baccino stated, "Channel 10 offers its solidarity and support to the families involved in this unexpected tragedy that came, in fact, while they were trying to help others." The money raised would have gone towards a local hospital. 

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/18/content_4315304.htm
|title=Runaway locomotive kills 7 in TV show in Uruguay
|author=|pub=Xinhua News Agency
|date=March 17, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1739738
|title=Train Kills Seven on Reality TV Show
|author=Ariel Gonzalez
|pub=ABC News
|date=March 17, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4819094.stm
|title=Seven killed in Uruguay TV stunt
|author=|pub=BBC News Online
|date=March 17, 2006}}

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[[Category:Uruguay]]
[[Category:South America]]
[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
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[[sr:Воз прегазио седам учесника риелити шоуa]]
[[de:Zugunglück bei Fernsehsendung in Uruguay]]
A runaway train killed seven people and injured eleven more today in the small town of Young, Uruguay, about 235 miles west of Montevideo. The victims were taking part in an Uruguyan reality game show, Desafio al Corazon, or "A Challenge to my Heart," where communities can raise money by performing tasks. The task in this accident was to push or pull a train with two cars attached to it down a railroad track. The train gathered too much momentum and ran down the people in front of it. 

One eyewitness, Ana Portela, said that the train was in motion when "somebody slipped and fell under the locomotive, and others were falling alongside it. There were shouts and somebody cried 'my arm!' Everybody was in a state of shock." 

Local authorities have declared three days of official mourning as Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez offered his deepest condolences for the victims of the crash. A spokeswoman from the channel airing the program, Mrs. Graciela Baccino stated, "Channel 10 offers its solidarity and support to the families involved in this unexpected tragedy that came, in fact, while they were trying to help others." The money raised would have gone towards a local hospital.
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