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Train accident kills 3 in central Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 3, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) – Three people were killed and 66
others injured after a passenger train derailed in central Tanzania on
Saturday evening, said the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Sunday.
The train was ferrying 720 passengers from the country’s port city Dar es
Salaam to up-country regions of Tabora, Katavi, Kigoma and Mwanza, when it
derailed 58 km from the capital Dodoma, the TRC said in a statement, adding
that six of the 12 wagons derailed at around 7 p.m. local time in the Kigwe-
Bahi area.
TRC officials, along with security staff, were investigating the cause of
the deadly accident, said the statement.
TRC Director General Masanja Kadogosa told Xinhua over phone that heavy
rains in the area could be the culprit.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1327 hrs