Igandu train collision

A passenger train with more than 1,200 people aboard had run from Dar es Salaam towards Dodoma, its destination, and was climbing the hill at Igandu when it rolled backwards into a stationary goods train in the early morning. Early reporting from the Dodoma region, about 400 kilometres west of Dar es Salaam, confirmed over 200 passengers dead; a fuller account gives 281 killed.

Date
2002-06-24
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
281
What the pin marks
The accident site, as the cited page positions it.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igandu_train_collision

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: rail collision, tanzania, runaway, goods train

Coordinates: -6.29694, 36.09

Part of Rail accidents that killed 200 or more people since 1970

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