At least five people were killed Sunday in Zimbabwe when a passenger train collided head-on with a goods train near the resort town of Victoria Falls, state radio reported according to dpa. Bodies were charred beyond recognition in the accident that occurred early Sunday, 30 kilometres outside Victoria Falls, the radio said. At least five people died at the scene of the accident and property belonging to passengers was lost in the inferno, which claimed at least eight coaches and two train engines, the radio said. The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train was on its way to Victoria Falls from the city of Bulawayo. The driver of the passenger train ignored warnings by the oncoming freight train, the radio said citing unnamed sources.
