Tomé Tragedy

Tomé Tragedy

Time	01:00 am (approx.)
Date	9 February 2013
Location	Tomé, Chile
Coordinates	36°38′9.69″S 72°57′21.23″W / 36.6360250°S 72.9558972°WCoordinates: 36°38′9.69″S 72°57′21.23″W / 36.6360250°S 72.9558972°W
Cause	Excessive speed
Participants	Trinchera Celeste (O'Higgins supporters' group)
Deaths	16
Non-fatal injuries	21

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

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.

The match

Huachipato v O'Higgins

8 February 2013 Week 3	Huachipato	0 – 2	O'Higgins	Talcahuano, Chile
21:00		Report	Barriga  25' Rojas  61'	Stadium: Estadio CAP Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

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.^[7][8]

Felipe Ignacio Bañado Hernández (17 years) Sergio Andrés Ríos Rojas (28 years) Tomás Andrés Loch Albornoz (18 years) Nicolás Eduardo Osorio Montre (21 years) Joaquín Sebastián Ávila Muñoz (16 years) Arleth Belén Candia Morales (25 years) Matías Alejandro Droguett Carrasco (16 years) Rodrigo Felipe Valdés Aliaga (15 years)

Ignacio Antonio Jerez Rojas (17 years) Alex Ramiro Carrasco Hoffmeister (24 years) Hugo Bernardo Contreras Becerra (bus driver, 38 years) Andrés Nicolás Osorio Cantillana (15 years) Diego Esteban Sánchez Faúndez (18 years) Luis Alberto Contreras Aedo (15 years) Gonzalo Enrique Pavez Osorio (17 years) Tomás Benjamín Contreras Román (1 year)

List of injuries

The list of injuries was confirmed on February 10, 2013.^[9]

Andrés Contreras Román Aracely Román Garrido Byron Castillo Orellana Carlos Godoy Escobar Cristian Alcayaga César Muñoz Danilo González Pizarro

Guillermo Fernández Arévalo Jonathan Cornejo Becerra Leandro Lira Sebastián Ortega Moreno Sebastián Troncoso Cortés Simón Orellana Castillo Paulina Silva Campos

Ramón Osorio Sebastián Osorio José González Covarrubias Sebastián Cofré Valdivia Felipe Ríos Rojas Nicolás González Covarrubias Nicolás Hidalgo

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.

Mr. President, I beg to you convey our condolences and solidarity to all families who mourn their loved ones today."

— Nicolás Leoz, CONMEBOL president (2013).

"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 ".

— Joseph Blatter, FIFA president (2013).

References

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2. El Mercurio S.A.P. (2010-12-14). "Tragedia en Tomé: 16 muertos y 21 heridos deja volcamiento de bus repleto de hinchas de O'higgins". LaSegunda.com. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
3. "Categórico... « Capo de Provincia". Capodeprovincia.cl. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
4. "Accidente en Tomé enluta a la familia celeste « Capo de Provincia". Capodeprovincia.cl. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
5. "O´Higgins inauguró memorial de los 16 hinchas fallecidos « Capo de Provincia". Capodeprovincia.cl. 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
6. "Emotivo aniversario a un año de la tragedia de Tomé « Capo de Provincia". Capodeprovincia.cl. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
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8. "Aumentan a 16 las personas fallecidas en tragedia de Tomé". Emol.com. 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
9. "nacion.cl - Vea la lista de los hinchas de O'Higgins heridos en la tragedia de Tomé". Lanacion.cl. 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2014-08-26.