5 dead in Zim train collision

HARARE – Five people were killed and 24 others injured when a freight train rear-ended a passenger train on Saturday in southern Zimbabwe, state television reported.

The derailment occurred after a goods train that was travelling from Rutenga to Gweru rammed into the back of a passenger train. Four of those killed in the accident were employees of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), travelling on the freight train, while the fifth was a person on the passenger train, it said.The injured were taken to hospitals in the southern cities of Bulawayo and Gweru, the report said.- Nampa-SapaFour of those killed in the accident were employees of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), travelling on the freight train, while the fifth was a person on the passenger train, it said.The injured were taken to hospitals in the southern cities of Bulawayo and Gweru, the report said.- Nampa-Sapa