Death toll in Cameroon train crash hits 79
Passenger escape the site of a train derailment in Eseka, Cameroon on October 21, 2016. By (AFP/File)
Yaoundé (AFP) - The death toll in last week's train crash in Cameroon has climbed to 79, state radio said Monday, as the authorities continued to comb through the wreckage.
On Sunday, 11 more bodies were pulled from the debris of the packed passenger train that derailed on Friday between Cameroon's two main cities, CRTV reported.
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