Dar es Salaam: Three people were killed and 66 others injured after a passenger train derailed in central Tanzania on Saturday evening. TRC officials, along with security staff, were investigating the cause of the deadly accident.

 Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Sunday said that 720 passengers were on board on the tain from the country's port city Dar es Salaam to up-country regions of Tabora, Katavi, Kigoma and Mwanza, when it derailed 58 km from the capital Dodoma, the TRC said in a statement, adding that six of the 12 wagons derailed at around 7 pm local time in the Kigwe-Bahi area. Investigation of the incident is underway.

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