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Several people were injured on the morning of Wednesday, June 7, when a train and a petrol tanker collided at Donholm area in Nairobi's Eastlands. the accident occurred when the driver of the tanker was crossing the railway line on the road .further
reports indicate that The oncoming train derailed and rammed into the tanker.
The derailed train was from Nairobi's Railways station in town headed for Embakasi when the accident occurred. According to the statement made by St. John's Ambulance "The 6:30 am incident happened when a train heading to Embakasi from town derailed after hitting a petroleum truck that was trying to cross the railway. The injured was rushed to Mama Lucy Hospital."
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Among those injured was a boda boda rider who was caught in the accident. The accident comes four years after a similar one killed eight people in Nairobi. A train headed for Dandora collided head on with a bus belonging to the Ummoiner SACCO in 2013, leaving eight passengers dead.
