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South African Train Crash Kills At Least 22 People VOA News 6 Feb 2002 09:37 UTC 
South African police say 22 people have been killed and 117 injured in a train wreck in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.
Many of the victims were school children who ride the commuter train on its regular run between KwaDukuza and Durban.
The passenger train collided with a stationary freight train near the town of Charlotte's Dale, about 70 kilometers north of the port city of Durban on Tuesday afternoon.
The cause of the accident remains unclear, but an investigation is underway.
The incident comes two months after a similar crash near Durban killed one person and injured nearly 30 others.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.
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