76 people have been killed in a rail disaster in Yanga, Congo-Brazzaville.
The Congo-Brazzaville government had issued a provisional toll of 48 dead and more than 400 injured yesterday.
The train derailed around 60km (40 miles) from the southern city of Pointe-Noire.
Several witnesses said it appeared to be travelling too fast.
The deputy head of the train company said that the high death toll was due to 'the train was overloaded. There were too many passengers.'
He continued 'the crash was due to driver error, the train was fine and the track was in good condition.'
The 510km line is the main link between the capital Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire on the Atlantic.
In September 1991, a collision on the same line left 100 dead and 300 injured in the country's worst ever rail disaster.
