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Posted 26 March 2021 - 03:38 PM
NBC News, 3/26/21:
Dozens killed as trains collide in southern Egypt flipping over passenger carriages
Two trains collided on Friday in southern Egypt, causing three passenger cars to flip over, killing 32 people and leaving 66 injured, health authorities said.
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Posted 29 March 2021 - 09:17 AM
The Times of Israel, 3/28/21
Egypt buries train crash dead as number of fatalities revised down to 19
President Sissi vows tough punishments for those responsible for collision that injured at least 185
TAHTA, Egypt (AFP) — Egypt buried the dead Saturday from a train collision that killed at least 19 people and injured 185, according to a revised toll, as investigators probed the country’s latest deadly rail crash.
Health Minister Hala Zayed told reporters that an initial toll of 32 killed in Friday’s crash was revised down, while the number of injured rose from 165.
“After we honed in on the details of those killed and injured… at this moment there are 185 injured and 19 corpses and three bags of body parts,” Zayed said, without giving further details.
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Posted 12 April 2021 - 12:04 PM
AP 4/12/21
Egypt prosecutors find gross negligence behind train crash
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors said Sunday they found that gross negligence by railway employees was behind a deadly train crash that caused public outcry across the country. Drugs were allegedly also involved.
The March 26 crash of two passenger trains in the province of Sohag, about 440 kilometers (270 miles) south of Cairo, was the latest in a series of deadly railway accidents in the Arab world’s most populous country. At least 18 people died and 200 others, including children, were injured.
Prosecutors last month ordered the detention of eight railway employees, including two train drivers, their assistants, the head of traffic control in neighboring Assiut province, and three traffic control guards.
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