The Camrail inter-city train was travelling from the capital, Yaounde, to the port city of Douala when the accident occurred around 6 a.m. ET near the train station in the town of Eseka, around 120 kilometres west of the capital. There was a lot of smoke," said a Reuters journalist travelling in a wagon near the front of the train. Rail officials say the train had been carrying 1,300 passengers instead of the usual 600. Joel Bineli, a passenger on the derailed train, told Reuters he saw dismembered bodies on the tracks at the accident site.

Source: CBC News October 21, 2016 20:16 UTC