Train Crash Kills 11 in South Africa

World | January 8, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

Eleven people are reported killed and at least 30 injured in a train crash near Cape Town. Five coaches were derailed when a commuter train collided with a freight train in the afternoon rush hour. Four of the injured are in critical condition. South Africa's commuter rail network has been hit by a series of accidents, but this was described as the worst in the Western Cape for 20 years by railway officials.

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