Transportation accidents in Congo are using catastrophic due to overcrowding and disregarding safety measures.
This applies to cars to cars, trucks, trains, and boats.
BBC News - DR Congo boat sinking 'kills 140'.
Up to 140 people are feared dead after a boat carrying passengers and goods capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.
The accident happened on the Kasai river - a tributary of the Congo River - in the western province of Bandundu.
Information Minister Lambert Mende told the BBC the boat had been overloaded and 80 people had been confirmed dead.
After decades of conflict, DR Congo has few roads or rail links and many people travel on often overloaded vessels.