Train Crash Near Kroonstad, South Africa, Kills at Least 18<br />In the first and second coach there were people injured." The Railway Safety Regulator of South Africa, a government agency, says<br />that 495 people died in train accidents in South Africa last year, with 2,079 injured — almost six daily.<br />4, 2018<br />JAN. 4, 2018<br />CAPE TOWN — A passenger train burst into flames on Thursday after striking two vehicles at a crossing in a remote<br />part of central South Africa, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 260, the authorities said.<br />200 miles botswana Mpumalanga Johannesburg Kroonstad namibia lesotho south africa Shosholoza Meyl Port Elizabeth Indian Ocean JAN. 4, 2018<br />Mthuthuzeli Swartz, the acting chief executive of Prasa, told local news outlets<br />that 18 people died in the collision on Thursday, a figure that could not be confirmed by the provincial health authorities.<br />The crash appeared to be the deadliest since 2012, when the driver of a truck carrying farmworkers collided<br />with a train at a crossing in Mpumalanga, a province in northeastern South Africa, killing 26 workers.<br />Russel Meiring, a spokesman for ER24 Emergency Medical Services, a private rescue provider, said<br />that South Africa had seen some train collisions caused by incorrect markings at crossings, but that the problem was more often people taking a chance and thinking they could beat the train.
