A train carrying industrial products derailed on Thursday, April 13, in the Mackinnon area near Voi town in Taita Taveta County.
According to reports, the train carrying products from Magadi Soda missed a rail file while speeding over the old metre gauge railway line.
It then crashed on the ground near the busy Nairobi-Mombasa Highway.
According to eyewitness, seven of the fleet of wagons crashed and poured out the goods that had been carried on board.
“The cargo train accident happened around 11:30 am,” a local reporter at the accident scene stated.
Nonetheless, no casualties were recorded.
The train had travelled more than 67 kilometres from Magadi Soda to Voi before deviating from the tracks and scattering its waggons all over the area.
Some waggons were damaged as a result of the inertia force of moving parts and the landing force.
Kenya Railways Corporation (KR) had yet to issue a comprehensive statement on the incident.
