Egypt rail accident: 41 killed, 132 injured as two trains collide in deadly crash
At least 41 people were killed as two trains collided on Friday outside the Mediterranean city of Alexandria in Egypt.
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At least 41 people were killed as two trains collided on Friday outside the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, in one of the deadliest in a string of such accidents in Egypt. AP
The accident also wounded 132 people, with 79 being discharged after treatment while 53 remained in hospital on Saturday, health minister Ahmed Emad el-Din Rady said. AP
The health ministry said 75 ambulances have been dispatched to treat casualties and that all the hospitals in Alexandria have been placed on high alert. AP
Transport ministry officials, quoted on state television, said the crash was probably caused by a malfunction in one train that brought it to a halt on the rails. The other train then crashed into it. AP
Army attends to the scene of a train collision. The dead and injured were initially placed on blankets in a field beside the tracks running through farmland on the outskirts of the city. AP
It is the deadliest train accident in the North African country since a train ploughed into a bus carrying schoolchildren in November 2012, killing 47 people. AP