MOZAMBIQUE-BOUND FUEL TRAIN DERAILS IN MALAWI’S MACHINGA DISTRICT
A cargo train transporting fuel from Nayuchi Border in Mozambique to the Moatize Coal Mine has derailed at Loop 8 of Kamwendo Railway Station in Malawi’s Machinga District.
According to Liwonde Police spokesperson Ngwashape Msume, nine tanker wagons overturned during the accident, with four leaking diesel into the surrounding area. Fortunately, no injuries or fatalities were reported.
Police said the derailment occurred after the train’s operator, 33-year-old Innocent Halala, received an incorrect signal from a switch point operator in Nacala, Mozambique. This error forced the locomotive onto the wrong track, causing it to overturn.
At the time of the accident, the operator was accompanied by his assistant and security officers from G4S, who were escorting the cargo.
By: MBC Digital