Up to 55 people were killed and nearly 600 injured when
an overloaded passenger train travelling between Cameroon's two largest
cities derailed and overturned. Cameroon's Transport Minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o gave an update on the confirmed death toll from Friday's
accident to be 55people. He said the accident took place near the central town of Eseka - 120km west of the
capital Yaounde - as the train travelled to the economic hub of Douala.
"The cause of the accident is not yet clear," said the minister, via state broadcaster CRTV. He added that several of the injured were in very serious condition. The Minister gave as also said a further 575 were injured in the incident - several
in very serious condition.
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