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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA932, AT LEAST 89 DEAD AND 100 INJURED IN DRC

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KINSHASA932 2007-08-06 16:09 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO2506
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0932/01 2181609
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 061609Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6656
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000932 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USTDA FOR PDAVIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ELTN KCSY PGOV PHUM CASC CG
SUBJECT:  AT LEAST 89 DEAD AND 100 INJURED IN DRC 
TRAIN-WRECK 
 
 
1. (U) Summary: A train wreck August 1 caused at least 89 
fatalities and 100 casualties in the DRC's central Kasai 
Occidental province. A delegation of ministers, journalists, 
and aid workers traveled the following day to the crash site 
where the local population called for improved railway 
conditions. MONUC, OCHA, and other UN organizations are 
providing humanitarian assistance. The threat of an 
infectious diseases outbreak, however, remains a concern as 
not all bodies have been removed from the wreckage. The 
National Railway Company (SNCC) hoped to have the site 
cleared by August 7. There are no reports of Americans 
traveling on the train. End summary. 
 
2. (SBU) A cargo train derailed August 1 at approximately 
11:00 p.m. in the remote town of Kakenge, some 170 km north 
of Kananga in Kasai Occidental, while en route from the Kasai 
River port town of Ilebo. The train, intended primarily for 
transporting cargo, was carrying corn to Kananga, in addition 
to an unknown number of passengers, many of whom were 
believed to have been on board without authorization or 
proper seating.  According to the National Railway Company 
(SNCC), this is the second derailment to occur in this 
section of track within the last three weeks. 
 
3. (SBU) There are conflicting reports as to the number of 
confirmed deaths. MONUC officials reported August 5 that 
representatives of the provincial Crisis Committee, set up 
after the accident, have identified 89 dead and over 100 
injured. According to local medical sources, however, 92 
deaths and 210 injured have been counted, including five 
cases requiring MONUC evacuation to Kananga. The injured have 
been taken to a local hospital 12 km from the crash site. No 
Amcits are known to have been traveling on the train. 
Regional officials said they expected the death toll to 
increase once equipment arrives to move heavy wreckage, 
allowing search teams to recover bodies trapped underneath. 
Noting the proximity of the wreck site to the Lwembe River, 
the only water source in the area, humanitarian organizations 
are concerned about a possible outbreak of infectious 
diseases if these bodies are not removed immediately. 
 
4. (SBU) Two MONUC special flights transported a delegation 
of medical staff and GDRC ministers with over two tons of 
medications to the accident site on August 3. OCHA delivered 
pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs by road that day, though the 
vehicles transporting the material broke down and delayed 
their arrival. A third MONUC flight arrived August 6, though 
without additional beds and linens which had been ordered for 
the hospital. To date, over ten tons of medications and 
foodstuffs have been delivered to the area - eight tons from 
the GDRC and two tons from the UN Coordinator for 
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). CARITAS and the Red Cross are 
providing ground support to the local community. 
 
5. (U)  A GDRC delegation from Kinshasa, led by Minister of 
the Interior Denis Kalume Numbi, and including the Ministers 
of Public Health, Transport and Communications, and 
Humanitarian Affairs, visited the crash site along with 
journalists and medical personnel August 2. Members were met 
by calls on the GDRC to rehabilitate the rail system, which 
in this area is over 70 years old. The delegation returned to 
Kinshasa August 4 after air and ground tours of the wreckage 
and mass grave sites. 
 
6. (SBU) Local SNCC workers told Radio Okapi that "the 
accident is certainly due to worn-out and defective 
equipment." They claimed that the train picked up speed when 
its brakes failed, causing seven of ten cars to overturn. In 
response to this claim, Minister of Transportation Remy 
Kuseyo Gatanga noted that, given the fact that this was 
supposed to be a cargo train, travelers involved in the 
accident were likely riding illegally, reflecting flaws in 
the SNCC's check-in system. An official fact-finding mission 
investigating the causes of the accident and organized by 
MONUC continues. 
 
7. (SBU) Kasai Occidental Governor Tresor Kapuko, told PolOff 
August 4 he believed the accident was due to the poor 
condition of the tracks themselves, which he claimed had not 
been repaired "in years." A recent mission to the DRC by a US 
Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) contractee met with 
representatives of the Ministry of Transport and SNCC and 
drew similar conclusions. They were told that the lack of 
maintenance and deteriorated condition of rails, many of 
which need replacement, has contributed to numerous 
derailments along the entire SNCC system from the Zambian 
 
KINSHASA 00000932  002 OF 002 
 
 
border to Ilebo. 
 
8. (U) Comment:  While the causes of this accident remain 
unconfirmed by officials, it must be assumed that the 
dilapidated conditions of the railway system, including both 
rails and rolling stock, factored heavily in the accident. 
The difficulty of getting humanitarian aid to the affected 
area by either road or air, in addition to the accident 
itself, further reflects the poor state of DRC 
infrastructure. End comment. 
MEECE