In the accident involved a Dar es Salaam commuter train popular as “Mwakyembe train” and the cargo train that was carrying copper involved in head-on collision, leaving two people more seriously.
According to the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), in the incident, the freight train collided with a commuter passenger train, resulting in the injury of the persons where the two with serious injuries have been hospitalized at the referral hospital.
TAZARA head of public relations, Conrad Simuchile said 60 of the casualties got minor injuries and have since been discharged from the hospital.
He said preliminary investigations indicate that the accident occurred when two trains were erroneously allowed onto the same track leading to the head-on collision of the commuter and a copper-carrying freight train.
The authority announced the temporary suspension of services of the Dar es Salaam commuter train until Monday, October 23, this year.