53 dead, 300 injured in Cameroon train accident

Published: 22 October 2016, 03:54 AM
53 dead, 300 injured in Cameroon train accident

Fifty-three people were killed and nearly 300 injured on Friday when a packed passenger train travelling between Cameroon’s two largest cities derailed and overturned, the transportation minister said.

Speaking on state radio, Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o said the figures represented a provisional toll from the accident, which occurred near the train station in the town of Eseka, around 120 km (75 miles) west of Yaounde.

Source: Reuters