Train Driver in Custody for Crash That Killed 281
- Share via
From Times Wire Reports
The driver of a train that crashed in central Tanzania, killing 281 people and injuring hundreds of others, is in custody and being interrogated, a police spokesman said in Dar es Salaam.
A police official in the administrative capital, Dodoma, identified the driver as God Chiwelesa.
The passenger train was carrying more than 1,200 people when it rolled backward down a hill and smashed into a cargo train Monday. The brakes apparently failed.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
