Zimbabwe train accident claims five lives

Five people were killed and 24 injured when a freight train rear-ended a passenger train in southern Zimbabwe. The goods train was travelling from Rutenga to Gweru. Four of the dead were employees of National Railways of Zimbabwe travelling on the freight train. The other was aboard the passenger train. Six of the survivors were described as having severe injuries. News24 reports that the accident comes a little more than a week after 34 passengers were injured when 10 carriages and a dining car derailed near Dete in north-western Zimbabwe.