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2014 Katanga train derailment

2014 CE · Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa · Disaster

On 22 April 2014, a freight train derailed near the Katongola Bridge in Haut-Lomami Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The train was carrying hundreds of illegal passengers at the time of the crash. As a result, 48 people were killed and over 160 injured.

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