Fifty-five people have been killed and almost 600 injured after a packed Cameroon passenger train derailed, leaving debris strewn across nearby tracks as carriages swung off the rails. The minister, via state broadcaster CRTV, said 55 people had been confirmed dead and a further 575 were injured. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carriages of the derailed train. The train left Yaounde at around 11am (1000 GMT) and derailed around midday some 200km from the capital, the transport minister said. Many travellers were still blocked on either side of the collapsed bridge late on Friday, Martial Missimikim of road safety NGO Securoute told AFP.

Source: The Guardian October 22, 2016 02:26 UTC