Tanzania rail crash toll 'may reach 200'
An out-of-control passenger train going backwards slammed into an oncoming cargo train in central Tanzania, and at least 100 people on the packed train were reported dead.
Another 800 were injured.
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SUBSCRIBEAn out-of-control passenger train going backwards slammed into an oncoming cargo train in central Tanzania, and at least 100 people on the packed train were reported dead.
Another 800 were injured.
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