Time 01:00 am (approx.) Cause Excessive speed Date 9 February 2013 Injuries 21 | Location Tomé, Chile Non-fatal injuries 21 Number of deaths 16 | |
Participants Trinchera Celeste (O'Higgins supporters' group) Participant Trinchera Celeste (O'Higgins supporters' group) | ||
The Tomé Tragedy was the worst fan's bus disaster in the history of Chilean football. The tragedy affected the O'Higgins fans after a 2013 Torneo Transición match versus Huachipato in Talcahuano, where in the Cuesta Caracol, the bus fall into a ravine about 100 meters. A bus of the public transport of Rancagua Trans O'Higgins was the vehicle that suffered the accident.
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It happened on Saturday February 9, 2013, leaving as a result, 16 deaths and 21 injuries. The disaster affected to the barra brava of the club, Trinchera Celeste.
The event marked the Chilean football, the city of Rancagua and Tomé, so that a date of mourning decreed in the different leagues of the ANFP, and a days in Rancagua and Tomé.
History
O'Higgins played by the 2013 Torneo Transición versus Huachipato in the Estadio CAP, match that ended with victory of Capo 2:0 with goals from Gonzalo Barriga and Juan Rodrigo Rojas.
After the match, a bus of fans was moving towards Dichato but I took in the Cuesta Caracol, the bus off a cliff 100 meters. Once it was known that the bus of fans mourning was declared in the cities of Rancagua and Tomé, as in the local tournament. The remains of the 16 dead were received by the fans in caravans and residents of Rancagua; and the remains were laid to rest in the Estadio El Teniente, where thousands of people attended.
Ten months after the accident, the club inaugurated a memorial located in the Monasterio Celeste, and one year of the event a memorial located near the Estadio El Teniente was inaugurated.
In the new Estadio El Teniente, 16 seats were placed in memory of those killed in the accident, located in Angostura, where is the Trinchera Celeste.
List of deaths
The list of deaths was confirmed on February 10, 2013. Finally, 16 people died in the accident, but known at the time of the accident figures were much higher or lower figure was corrected when the rescue operation had ended knew.
List of survivors
The list of survivors was confirmed on February 10, 2013.
Condolences
"Mr. Sergio Jadue Jadue:
I want to express my condolences on behalf of South American football, and myself, for the tragedy that mourns the Republic of Chile, as a result, the death of 16 fans of Club O'Higgins de Rancagua, which impelled by love the celeste shirt, cut short his life in an unexpected accident.
"With great and deep regret I write these lines after knowing the sad news of the death of 16 fans of the club O'Higgins de Rancagua in a bus accident last Saturday. I'm particularly shocked to learn that lost their lives while continuing his passion for after leaving football trip to see his team play away from home.
In the name of FIFA, I want to make extend our deepest condolences for this painful loss, to wish a lot of strength to the families of the victims. The football community supports them in their pain and sincerely hopes that these words comforted them a little to overcome this grief ".