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10-24-26 Brazil - Large crane fell from private land onto elevated train track in Sao Paulo.
A large crane from the company Cortesia Concreto (Cortesia Equipamentos) fell from private land onto the elevated track of the monorail Line 15-Prata and was then hit by a train on Professor Luiz Ignácio Anhaia Mello Avenue, in the east zone of Sao Paulo, near São Lucas park.
The Line 15-Prata train traveling through the area could not brake in time and hit the tip of the equipment, causing part of the structure to collapse and fall onto the avenue.
No fatalities or serious injuries were reported among the train passengers.
The crane operator received medical assistance from the company.
A driver who was in the area (whose vehicle was hit and got trapped among cables) suffered minor injuries after moving away just before the impact.
The fall also affected trees, power lines (managed by Enel) and the wall of a local business.
Line 15-Prata service was partially interrupted between Vila Prudente and São Lucas stations, operating with support from emergency buses of the Paese system.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“Could not brake in time” didn’t look like any braking.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I guess that on a monorail it's even easier to not pay attention on the "road"

weird that there isn't any sensor for this

edit: is there an operator actually?

I don't think so, people are calling for it to have one at all times now.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

I wasn't expecting the train to plough through it like that, even snapped a bit of the crane off and took for a ride.