Nigeria, March 17 -- The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said at least 26 passengers and crew sustained varying degrees of injuries on Monday following an accident involving the Kaduna-Abuja train.

The corporation made this known in an interim report issued Monday by the NRC Managing Director, Kayode Opeifa.

In the report, the official explained that the train departed Rigasa in Kaduna at 7:15 a.m. and was approaching Asham station around 9:16 a.m. when a loud bang was heard after the power car and trailing locomotive collided with one of the passenger coaches.

The report indicated that the incident, which occurred around kilometre 50-51, was likely caused by a fault in one or more couplers, although investigations are ongoing.

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