• Short Summary

    At least 34 people were killed when a passenger train left the rails near Sidi Yahia du Rharb 23 kilometres (16 miles) from Kenitra, Morocco on Thursday (23 May).

  • Description

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    CU Destroyed railway line TILT UP TO workers' clearing wreckage from track
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    2.
    CU Damaged locomotive
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    3.
    GU PAN Destroyed carriages (2 shots)
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    4.
    CU & GU Workmen clearing wreckage
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    5.
    GV PAN Workmen at accident scene
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    Initials BB/1805 NC/AH/BB/1815



    Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

    Background: At least 34 people were killed when a passenger train left the rails near Sidi Yahia du Rharb 23 kilometres (16 miles) from Kenitra, Morocco on Thursday (23 May).

    First reports said 46 people had died, but this was later modified. Another 138 people were injured, 33 of them seriously.

    The diesel locomotive and three carriages were wrecked in the accident which happened just as the train approached the station at Sidi Yahia. The train was on a scheduled run from Fez in central Morocco to Casablanca.

    Rescuers took several hours to sort through the wreckage to recover the bodies and injured people.

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    Film ID:
    VLVAF3Q1NBLH5GKZ8H7TZQN13CQH7
    Media URN:
    VLVAF3Q1NBLH5GKZ8H7TZQN13CQH7
    Group:
    Reuters - Including Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    24/05/1975
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:00:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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