Derailed Train Overturns in Cameroon; 53 Dead

A crowded passenger train traveling from the capital to Cameroon's economic hub, Douala, derailed and overturned Friday, killing at least 53 people. Transportation Minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o said another 300 people were injured in the derailment. A Reuters journalist who was a passenger on board said he heard a loud noise and then coaches in the rear part of the train "left the rails and started rolling over and over."  Witnesses told of seeing...

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