RABAT- Six people were killed and about 80 injured when a train derailed near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday, officials said.
The train derailed near Sidi Bouknadel, a town near Rabat, on the busy coastal line connecting the capital to the commercial hub of Casablanca.
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.
A Reuters reporters at the site saw a train derailed near some industrial and residential buildings.
(Reporting by Ahmed ElJechtimi and Zakia Abdennebi Writing by Ulf Laessing Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg) ((Ulf.Laessing@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: follow me on twitter @ulflaessing))
