Thirty-four people have been killed and many more injured in a collision between a passenger train and a goods train carrying inflammable substances near Dete, in western Zimbabwe.
State radio said some of the bodies retrieved from the wreckage were burnt beyond recognition.
The accident occurred early in the morning along the railway line that links the southern city of Bulawayo to the western resort town of Victoria Falls.
Transport Minister Witness Mangwende offered condolences to the victims of the accident and is reported to be travelling to the scene of the accident.
Today's crash is the latest of a number train accidents in the southern African state.
Last month five people were killed and 107 injured when a goods train ploughed into a bus in Harare.
Late last year 22 people were injured when a passenger train collided with an elephant and derailed near Hwange.
AFP