About 600 hundred people were taken to the hospital after the crash on Saturday in Eseka which is about 125 kilometers (75 miles) west of Yaounde. About 70 people had already been killed. Many bodies were found on the ground as the rescue went on. As a result President Paul Biya declared Monday as a mourning day. He says "My sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the derailment of the Camrail train,"
Minister of transport Ngo'o says "I am calling on everyone to double efforts to save the lives of the injured,"
Reports from Tulsa tell us that, the train had been carrying about 1,300 passengers, instead of its capacity of 600. The passenger load was higher because a road had collapsed due to landslides following heavy rains between Yaounde and Douala. The 30-year-old railway line and train could not carry the load, officials told state radio.
