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Train crash

13 people, mainly stowaways, killed in Congo train crash

By AFP

Police confirmed the toll and said most of the victims were stowaway riders.

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  • The scene of the train crash at Mountainview station in Pretoria on 8 January 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    [VIDEO] Eyewitness footage of deadly Pretoria train crash

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    The governorate said in a statement that one of those killed was the train driver and that 46 people were injured including three in a serious condition.

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    11 injured in Germany as train hits trailer truck

    The first emergency calls were placed at 7:47am over the collision at a railway crossing in Sipplingen, a village by Lake Constance.

    1393 days ago
  • Commuters seen at the Van Riebeeck train station in Kempton Park where two trains collided on 4 October 2018. Picture: @PRASA_Group/Twitter

    [UPDATE] At least 150 injured in Ekurhuleni train collision

    Relevant authorities are on scene and are investigating the cause of this incident.

    1404 days ago
  • The drivers of both the train and a vehicle accompanying the HGV, which was carrying an exceptional load, were killed. Picture: Twitter

    Two die, 18 injured in train accident in Italy

    The drivers of both the train and a vehicle accompanying the HGV, which was carrying an exceptional load, were killed.

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  • A screengrab shows paramedics on site where at least 15 people were killed after a train crash in Beheira, Egypt. Picture: youtube.com

    At least 15 dead in Egyptian train crash

    Two passenger carriages separated from one train and collided with a cargo train, the provincial security director told MENA.

    1622 days ago
  • Officials and rescue services personnel on the scene of a train collision in Germiston on 9 January 2018. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee/EWN.

    [WATCH] At least 200 commuters injured in Germiston train crash

    A train collision occurred at the Geldenhuis Train Station on Tuesday morning. At least 200 commuters were injured when a train rear-ended a stationary locomotive. No deaths were reported.

    1672 days ago
  • Officials clean-up the scene of a train crash in Kroonstad, Free State. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    [GALLERY] Clean-up operation resumes at Kroonstad train crash site

    Clean-up operations continue at the site of a fatal train crash in Kroonstad, Free State

    1676 days ago
  • A man lies on a stretcher as emergency personnel gather on a platform beside a train at Estacio de Franca (Franca station) in central Barcelona on 28 July, 2017 after the regional train appears to have hit the end of the track inside the station injuring at least 23 people. Picture: AFP.

    Commuter train crash in Barcelona station injures 48

    At least 18 of the injured need hospital attention, emergency services said. The driver was among the injured, they said.

    1837 days ago
  • Two trains collided near the Elandsfontein station in Johannesburg on Thursday morning leaving one person dead and over 100 injured. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Wreckage delays attempt to fix Elandsfontein station lines

    Metrorail says the wreckage from Thursday’s deadly train crash in Ekurhuleni has not yet been removed.

    1893 days ago
  • Two trains collided near the Elandsfontein station in Johannesburg on Thursday morning leaving one person dead and over 100 injured. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    [WATCH] Train crash kills 1, injures over 100

    At least one person has died and over 100 have been injured after two trains collided near the Elandsfontein station during peak time morning traffic on Thursday.

    1894 days ago
  • A train crash in Elandsfontein. Picture: Twitter/@EWNTraffic

    Metrorail suspects cable theft led to fatal train crash

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    1894 days ago
  • The pathology team arrive at the scene where two trains collided near the Elandsfontein station in Johannesburg on Thursday morning leaving one person dead and over 100 injured. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Metrorail technicians probing cause of Elandsfontein train crash

    Two trains collided near the Elandsfontein station on Thursday morning.

    1894 days ago
  • Train commuters in Germiston, PTA & Tembisa are stranded because of a train accident that happened in Elandsfontein. Picture: Twitter @EWNTraffic

    [ALERT] 1 dead, 50 injured in Metrorail collision in Ekurhuleni

    Metrorail says all train services operating between Pretoria and Johannesburg have been suspended while technicians work on the lanes.

    1894 days ago
  • Transport Minister Dipuo Peters. Picture: GCIS.

    Transport minister calls for immediate probe after PTA North train crash

    Twenty passengers sustained critical injuries in crash between Rosslyn & Medunsa stations outside Pretoria on Monday night.

    1994 days ago
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