Train Crash Death Toll At Least 74 in DR Congo — Injured Trapped in Mangled Wreckage for Days

Scene of train wreck in the southern province of Katanga,
Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 22, 2014. (Numbi
Mathys/AFP)

Toll in DR Congo train crash rises to 74 dead (via AFP)

The toll in a train crash in DR Congo last week was raised to 74 dead on Sunday, the country's health minister said. Many people were trapped for days in the mangled wreckage of the goods train that flew off the rails in a swampy region about 65 kilometres…