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Dikanga Kazadi, Katanga's Interior Minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said on Wednesday that 63 people were killed and 80 others seriously injured in Katanga province when a speeding train derailed.
He said that over 50 others were trapped inside the cargo train after 12 of its carriages flipped off the track in the accident near Likasi, a mining town between Lubumbashi and Kolwezi in the copper and cobalt-rich southeast.
Kazadi said it was obvious that the train was going too fast, the driver came to a curve and had to break suddenly leading to the accident.
He said that efforts were on to rescue those that were still trapped in the wreckage, while a team had been set up to commence investigation on the actual cause of the accident.
He said that over 50 others were trapped inside the cargo train after 12 of its carriages flipped off the track in the accident near Likasi, a mining town between Lubumbashi and Kolwezi in the copper and cobalt-rich southeast.
Kazadi said it was obvious that the train was going too fast, the driver came to a curve and had to break suddenly leading to the accident.
He said that efforts were on to rescue those that were still trapped in the wreckage, while a team had been set up to commence investigation on the actual cause of the accident.
