2016 Eséka train derailment

When

21 Oct 2016

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

3.64° N, 10.77° E

Description

train derailment in Cameroon

Deaths

79

Injured

551

Train derailment in Cameroon

On 21 October 2016, a Camrail inter-city passenger train travelling from Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, to its largest city, Douala, derailed in Eséka, Centre Region. By 30 October 2016, the official number of casualties had reached 79 dead, with 550 injured. It was the deadliest rail crash on the African continent since the August 2007 Benaleka train accident.

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