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The train was en route from Pointe-Noire to
Brazzaville at the time. Four wagons fell down into a ravine. Casualties and corpses were carried to the relevant location. 16 people were left in a critical state of physical danger. Photographs of the wounded show multiple limb injuries and
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was derailed and plunged into a ravine. At least 60 people were initially reported to have been killed and hundreds disappeared with the death toll expected to rise further. The death toll had risen to 76 people and the injury toll had risen to 745 by 23 June 2010.
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The derailment compares with a similar incident which killed 100 people and injured 300 others in the
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wheelchair-using patients. Family members gathered at Pointe Noire and
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By 23 June 2010, the death toll had risen to 76 people and the injury toll had risen to 745.
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dashed to the area to offer their assistance to the stricken passengers. President
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met with senior members of his administration after the incident.
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occurred on 21 June 2010 when a train traveling between
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568:"50 killed in train derailment in Republic of Congo"
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636:"Republic of Congo train crash kills at least 48"
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470:"Train crash in southern Congo 'kills 50'"
257:"Congo train crash death toll rises to 76"
536:"Train crash in southern Congo 'kills dozens'"
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826:Falls of Cruachan derailment, United Kingdom
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499:"Sixty killed in Congo Republic train crash"
301:"Republic of Congo train crash kills scores"
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604:"Dozens Die As Train Plunges into Ravine"
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898:Blackheath train accident, South Africa
416:. Telegraph Media Group. 22 June 2010.
310:. Telegraph Media Group. 22 June 2010.
184:, some 60 kilometres (37 mi) from
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450:from the original on 2 January 2022
269:from the original on 2 January 2022
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853:ĂšstĂ nad Labem derailment, Czechia
817:Jnaneswari train derailment, India
580:from the original on 31 March 2019
407:"The world's worst rail accidents"
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978:2010 in the Republic of the Congo
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880:Circumvesuviana derailment, Italy
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472:. BBC News Online. 22 June 2010.
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211:The military and people from the
675:The world's worst rail accidents
370:"60 killed in Congo train crash"
907:Badarwas train collision, India
862:Sainthia train collision, India
772:Sjursøya train accident, Norway
745:Bilecik train collision, Turkey
717:Railway accidents and incidents
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648:. 23 June 2010. Archived from
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224:Denis Sassou Nguesso
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