The accident is the second in two weeks in a rustic the place prepare derailments commonly happen.
Not less than seven individuals died when a items prepare derailed within the southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, the second accident within the space in a fortnight, an area official has mentioned.
The accident occurred within the village of Buyofwe, Lualaba province Saturday. In mid-March, a prepare got here off the tracks in the identical village, killing not less than 75 individuals and injuring 125, in response to the official toll.
“Seven individuals died and 14 had been critically injured” within the newest accident, Lualaba Inside Minister Deoda Kapenda instructed AFP Monday.
The toll may rise as a result of numerous clandestine passengers had been trapped underneath the upturned wagons, he mentioned. A rescue crew had been dispatched to the scene.
An area official from the nationwide railway firm SNCC mentioned the eight-wagon prepare was travelling from Tenke, in Lualaba, to Kananga, within the neighbouring province of Kasai-Central.
It left the rails in Buyofwe, round 200km (125 miles) from Kolwezi, the provincial capital of Lualaba.
Trails continuously derail within the huge Central African nation. There usually are not sufficient passenger trains and few negotiable roads, so individuals needing to cowl lengthy distances typically journey by freight prepare.
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