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Cameroon train crash death toll as high as 73, rescuers say

ESEKA- Cameroon rescue workers and hospital staff say the death toll from an overloaded train that derailed on Friday is higher than announced, saying at least 73 are dead.

 

People at the accident site on Saturday continued looking for others injured and dead. Bodies are strewn along the tracks.

  

President Paul Biya ordered the evacuation because Eseka's hospital is overwhelmed.

  

The train carried about 1,300 passengers, instead of its capacity of 600.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.22.16, 18:56