BBC News Online. Wednesday, 14 March, 2001, 16:18 GMT

Five people were killed in Cuba when a passenger train collided with a freight train in the centre of the island.

More than nine others are said to be injured, two of them in critical condition.

The accident happened when the passenger train heading for the country's second city, Santiago de Cuba, in the east of the country ran into the back of another train.

The authorities say they are investigating the cause of the accident.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service

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