Train crash leaves 34 dead; toll expected to increase

A train crash in Congo on Sunday killed at least 34 people and injured at least 26 others in Lualaba province, a government official said.

The injury and death toll is likely to rise because some train cars were on fire and some were carrying fuel, Lualaba governor Richard Muyej Mangez said

Radio Okapi reported that the National Railway Company of Congo train was carrying passengers and cargo from Lubumbashi to Luena, and 11 of its 13 cars caught fire.