Three Die in Crash of Congo Freight Train Carrying Copper

A freight train carrying copper cathodes crashed in Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, killing at least three and wounding six, according to a preliminary investigation by the country’s state-owned rail company.

A drunk conductor caused the train to derail about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Angolan border, the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo, or SNCC, said in a video sent to Bloomberg. The crash occurred on a line that links Congo’s copperbelt to Angola’s Atlantic coast.