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Photos: 
Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa (L) looks over the wreckage of a passenger train in Kigoma, 100 km from the Tanzanian capital Dodoma, June 25, 2002. The train collided with a cargo train Monday, killing over two hundred people in Tanzania's worst rail disaster. Rescuers toiling for a third day pulled out more bodies as hundreds of people waited for news of their loved ones. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna 
A body is removed from the wreckage where a passenger train collided with a cargo train on June 25, 2002, in the northwestern town of Kigoma, 100 km from Dodoma, in Tanzania. Over 200 people perished in Tanzania's worst rail disaster. Rescuers toiling for a third day pulled out more bodies as hundreds of people waiting for news of their loved ones screamed with grief. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna 
Rescuers carry the body of a person pulled from the wreckage of a passenger train crash west of Tanzania's main city and commercial capital Dar es Salaam June 25, 2002. Rescuers using a crane struggled to retrieve more victims from crumpled carriages as officials said the death toll from Tanzania's worst train crash would rise above 200. (Reuters TV/Reuters)
Jane Onesmus hugs Kenneth Muganda, her sister's husband, moments after he identified the body of his wife at a sports stadium in Dodoma, the political capital of Tanzania, Wednesday, June 26, 2002. Muganda's wife was killed in a train crash Monday in central Tanzania that left more than 200 dead. (AP Photo/George Mwangi) Cuttings: Consolation Money to Train Crash Victims a 'Difficult Task' Token payments of between Tsh100,000 ($100) and Tsh500,000 ($ 500) are being proposed for victims of the Dodoma train crash in Tanzania, in which up to 200 passengers died three weeks ago. (East African, 15 Jul 2002) Tragedy Leaves Dodoma Residents Shocked Dodoma town last week was thrown into confusion following Tanzania's worst train crash ever in which over 280 people died. (allAfrica.com, 1 Jul 2002) You Can't Shut Tanzania Down to Make It Safe In terms of numbers, yes, the mv Bukoba boat disaster still holds the record, as more than 500 lives were lost. That was in May 1996. Even so, these past two weeks have been unique. Three accidents have occurred, each surpassing the previous one in the horrifying number of casualties. (East African, 1 Jul 2002) Also via allAfrica.com. Mourning As Train Accident Kills 281 It was death waiting to occur and when it did last Monday, 200 people lost their lives on the spot in Tanzania's worst railway accident in recent times. (African Church Information Service via allAfrica.com, 1 Jul 2002) Train Victims' Ride to Death Passengers aboard the doomed train that crashed in Tanzania had to endure a 20 minute roller coaster ride to death. (Nation via allAfrica.com, 26 Jun 2002) |
updated:
18 Jul
2002