2021-01-03 06:05:08 GMT2021-01-03 14:05:08(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) Three people were killed and 66 others injured after a passenger train derailed in central Tanzania on Saturday evening, said the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Sunday.
The train was ferrying 720 passengers from the country s port city Dar es Salaam to up-country regions of Tabora, Katavi, Kigoma and Mwanza, when it derailed 58 km from the capital Dodoma, the TRC said in a statement, adding that six of the 12 wagons derailed at around 7 p.m. local time in the Kigwe-Bahi area.
TRC officials, along with security staff, were investigating the cause of the deadly accident, said the statement.
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