The incident happened Monday night, according to the railroad company, Chemin de Fer Congo-Ocean . The incident is believed to have occurred as the train rounded a curve in a remote part of the Congo, around from Pointe-Noire . Four railcars are reported to have fallen into a ravine. The city of Pointe-Noire (station pictured) is on the Congolese coast A spokesperson for the government, Bienvenue Okiemy, said that "excess speed" had been the cause of the derailment. The incident is the third major train crash on the line in two decades. In 1991, a passenger train collided with a freighter, killing around 100 people, and in 2001, another collision killed around 50 people. 
The incident happened Monday night, according to the railroad company, . The incident is believed to have occurred as the train rounded a curve in a remote part of the Congo, around from . Four railcars are reported to have fallen into a ravine. The city of Pointe-Noire (station pictured) is on the Congolese coast A spokesperson for the government, Bienvenue Okiemy, said that "excess speed" had been the cause of the derailment. The incident is the third major train crash on the line in two decades. In 1991, a passenger train collided with a freighter, killing around 100 people, and in 2001, another collision killed around 50 people. Sister links
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