Transnet coal train collision claims two lives

State-owned freight utility Transnet on Wednesday announced two fatalities and two severe injuries after a head-on collision between two trains at the Matlabas crossing, which is located between Thabazimbi and Lephalale, in Limpopo.

The collision happened on Tuesday evening between a train with 100 loaded coal wagons and a stationary train with 89 empty wagons.