The Sa Pereira accident was a train wreck in the city of Sa Pereira in Santa Fe Province which occurred on 25 February 1978, when a long-distance passenger train operated by Ferrocarriles Argentinos crashed into a truck at a level crossing between the General Mitre Railway and RN 19 in Sa Pereira.

[2] The incident happened at 7:22 am on Saturday February 25, 1978, when in the middle of the sound of the siren announcing an approaching train, a Ford F-600 truck carrying a load of 25,000 kg of edible fat and cans, drove through the level crossing despite the red flashing lights and the sound of the bell indicating the train was nearby.

The truck, owned by meat packing industry "Santa Elena"[1] and driven by 35-year-old Arnaldo Ruben Bianchini, was hit by the Estrella del Norte ("Northern Star", as the passenger service was called) that had departed from San Miguel de Tucumán running towards Retiro Station (terminus of the line).

The train, driven by Antonio Gore, could not avoid the crash: the locomotive derailed and collapsed parallel to the tracks, following its route for hundreds of meters until two passenger cars in the center of the train embedded themselves into the ground.

[1] Immediately, local residents and several of the passengers of the train began to assist with the rescue process.