Congolese officials say an investigation will be opened to ascertain the cause of a train accident that killed 17 people on the night of Sunday, June 30 to Monday, July 1, 2019.
The accident which occurred in Pointe Noire, the economic capital of the Congo Republic left 25 others injured.
This is the fourth rail accident after those of Mvoungouti in 1992 and 2005, then that of Yanga in 2012.
Many families besieged the municipal morgue to identify bodies of their loved ones.
Officials of the Congo Ocean Railway deplore the accident, which has again claimed the lives of its people.
The Congo railway company, which is struggling to restart its activities after the long shutdown caused by the Pool crisis, is still in turmoil.
Workers on the Congo-Ocean Railway have been working for several months without pay.
