Yanga derailment
| Yanga derailment | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | 21 June 2010 |
| Location | Yanga |
| Country | Republic of the Congo |
| Line | Brazzaville – Pointe Noire |
| Operator | Chemin de Fer Congo-Ocean |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths | At least 76 |
| Injured | At least 745 |
| Damage | Hundreds of missing people, "severe" material damage |
The Yanga derailment occurred on 21 June 2010 when a train traveling between Brazzaville and Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo was derailed and plunged into a ravine. At least 60 people were initially reported to have been killed and hundreds disappeared with the death toll expected to rise further. The death toll had risen to 76 people and the injury toll had risen to 745 by 23 June 2010.
The derailment compares with a similar incident which killed 100 people and injured 300 others in the Republic of the Congo's deadliest such incident in the country's history back in September 1991. A chronological list of rail accidents since 2002 provided by The Daily Telegraph suggests this is the deadliest rail disaster since 28 April 2008 when at least 70 people were killed in China.