Two people have been injured after goods train transporting containers derailed from its tracks at Balgowan in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Sunday. Midlands EMS crews where dispatched to the train accident scene. Upon arrival by the first ambulance it was discovered that two patients had jumped out from the runaway train further up from the […]
One person was killed and two others injured when a freight train derailed at the Swakopmund railway station in Namibia on Tuesday afternoon. Four locomotives and several wagons on which shipping containers were being transported were damaged during the incident. The Chief Executive Officer of TransNamib, Johny Smith, confirmed the incident and said that the
Witbank – The driver behind the wheel of a truck that collided with a train at a railway crossing in Witbank has succumbed to his injuries in hospital. According to Witbank News, the driver died a day after the horrific accident which happened on Tuesday morning. He was taken to hospital in a critical state
North West police have warned community members who looted a goods train which derailed near Matolong Village in Taung of poisoned grain which is not fit for human consumption. A goods train carrying 40 wagons of grain derailed on Wednesday afternoon in Taung. Members of the community reportedly looted the train for grain. SAPS said
A truck driver is lucky to be alive after a goods train crashed into his tanker truck in Beira, Mozambique on Saturday. Mozambican police have not yet commented on the accident, CCTV footage shows how it happened. The truck approaches a railway crossing and overtakes another truck stuck at the stop sign. As the truck
Free State – Two people have been killed and another injured in an accident between a freight train and an Isuzu Bakkie outside Kroonstad. Free State Emergency Medical Services spokesperson, Sipho Towa, reveals one other person sustained moderate injuries and was taken to the nearby Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad for further treatment. While there
