At least three people were killed and others were injured when a packed passenger train traveling between Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, and the port city of Douala derailed and overturned on Friday, witnesses said.
"There are many injured. We are still in the phase of evaluating the situation. We cannot give even a provisional toll," said an official for national rail company Camrail, who asked not to be named.
"There was a loud noise. I looked back and the wagons behind us left the rails and started rolling over and over. There was a lot of smoke," said a Reuters journalist travelling in a wagon near the front of the train.
Camrail, which is operated by France's Bollore Railways , confirmed via its official Facebook page that an incident had occurred near the train station in the town of Eseka, around 120 km west of Yaounde.
The company said it had sent teams to the site.

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God have mercy.

Jesu

Chiso...
May their soul RIP.

I'm Cameroonian. actually its 55 dead and counting....and over 600 seriously injured . its was a Black Friday over here.
Also, the highway linking Douala and Yaounde suddenly developed a mysterious hole of several meters thereby halting transport and unfortunately stealing some precious Cameroonian lives in the process. God help Cameroon
I wish we could blame Boko Haram for this.!!

AsassinMc:
I'm Cameroonian. actually its 55 dead and counting....and over 600 seriously injured . its was a Black Friday over here.
Also, the highway linking Douala and Yaounde suddenly developed a mysterious hole of several meters thereby halting transport and unfortunately stealing some precious Cameroonian lives in the process. God help Cameroon
I wish we could blame Boko Haram for this.!!

Very unfortunate. What could be the cause of the derail?

the train wagons were old and outdated and were not properly maintained. the train route itself was a mess.
Above all the train was terribly overloaded
. It was normally supposed to carry a maximum of 600 passengers but there were more than 1300 passengers on board
.Right now casualties are reaching an alarming figure. some sources are putting the number of dead at .300 .
I spoke to a friend who was fortunate to survive. he thinks the casualties may even be more. #terrible