'Dozens killed' in Congo train crash

An overnight train accident killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a radio station reported today.

Thu, 02 Aug, 2007 - 16:20

An overnight train accident killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a radio station reported today.

The UN-funded Radio Okapi said 30 to 40 people were believed dead in the accident, in which a number of carriages flipped over in Congo’s Kasai Occidental province.

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