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A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.

Awash rail disaster

1985 railway disaster in Ethiopia

On 13 January 1985, an express train derailed on a curved bridge over the gorge of the Awash River in Awash, Ethiopia. The official death toll was 428, with more than 500 injuries.
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Ethiopia

Country in the Horn of Africa

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the…
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