Valencia remembers 10 years of fatal subway accident – El Diario de Yucatan

         

      

MADRID (AP) – More than 100 people paid tribute Sunday to the victims of a fatal subway accident in the Spanish city of Valencia a decade that left 43 dead and 47 wounded ago

. some of the mourners laid flowers outside the station Jesus where the fatal derailment occurred on July 3, 2006.

the ceremony for 10 years was emotional for families, which fought a battle to reverse the decision of the conservative Popular Party, which then ruled Valencia, not to rename the station. Now has its original name.

Contrary to what was said by the Valencian government that the cause of the accident was human error and speeding, the Association of Victims of Metro’s July 3 (AVM3J) he said that was due to poor road maintenance. A verdict of an investigative committee that met recently supported the version of the victims

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