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Passenger train derailment in Cameroon -- many deaths & injuries


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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 23 November 2016 - 01:39 AM

Late post, didn't see this until follow-up story.

 

From France 24, 10/21/16:

 


 

Scores of people killed, hundreds injured as train derails in Cameroon

 

Fifty-five people were killed and almost 600 injured when a packed Cameroon passenger train derailed on Friday, leaving debris strewn across nearby tracks as carriages swung off the rails.

​Toll rose since the story was initially published.

 



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Posted 23 November 2016 - 01:40 AM

France 24, 11/22/16:


 

Video: Train in deadly Cameroon derailment was ‘overloaded’

 

One month after the train crash in Cameroon that killed 79 people and injured hundreds, victims are still waiting for an inquirey into what went wrong. However, FRANCE 24 has obtained documents showing that the train exceeded weight regulations.

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