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Train rams bus in Kenya

October 30, 2013

As many as 11 people have been killed in Kenya when a train hit a bus at a traffic crossing. Many other people were injured in the crash.

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The wreckage of a minibus that was involved in an accident with a passenger train in Nairobi is pictured on October 30,2013. At least twelve people were killed and several others injured on October 30, 2013 when a passenger train in Kenya's capital smashed into a bus at a crossing, Red Cross officials said. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
Image: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

The accident occurred in Wednesday morning's commute in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. A passenger bus crossing over railroad tracks at a crossing was hit by the oncoming train.

"The bus crossed the line as the train came at a high speed," said Nairobi police chief Banson Kibui.

The roads in the city's Eastlands district were crowded during the morning commute at the time of the accident.

mz/ipj (dpa, AP, AFP)