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1st LD Writethru: Passenger train derails in Cameroon

Xinhua, October 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

A passenger train traveling between Cameroon's capital Yaounde to economic city of Douala derailed Friday at around 12:00 local time, local media reported.

The train derailed in Eseka station in Central Region, around 120 kilometers to Yaounde, according to official television CRTV.

Some local media reported that up to 20 people were killed in the accident.

A witness who lives closer to the station told Xinhua he saw many people injured.

Camrail, the official railway authorties, told Xinhua they were sending officials to the site, but did not reveal details on casualties.

The railway accident took place hours after one part of the Yaounde-Douala road caved in following the heavy rain in the night. Many passengers to Yaounde or Douala who would use the road have to choose train, leading the derailed train, which left Yaounde Friday morning to Douala, took more passengers than usual.

On August 29, 2009, a train from northern city Ngaoundere to Yaounde derailed in the suburb of the capital, leaving 5 killed and 275 injured. Endit