At least 32 killed, 66 injured in main practice crash in southern Egypt

Two trains collided Friday in southern Egypt on Friday, inflicting three passenger vehicles to flip over killing 32 individuals and leaving 66 injured, well being authorities stated.
Dozens of ambulance autos had been rushed to the scene of the crash which happened within the southern province of Sohag, stated an announcement by Egypts heath ministry.
Local media displayed movies from the scene displaying flipped wagons with passengers trapped inside and surrounded by rubble. Some victims appeared unconscious whereas others may very well be seen bleeding. Bystanders carried our bodies laying them out on the bottom close to the location of the accident.
<p “width=420″ lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>#BREAKING: 50 individuals injured in collision of two trains in Upper Egypt: official from the Health Ministry to native media#EgyptToday #BreakingNews | #طهطا #سوهاج #عاجل #قطارين pic.twitter.com/pf6TJAuxj5— Egypt Today Magazine (@EgyptTodayMagazine) March 26, 2021
Egypt’s railway system has a historical past of badly maintained gear and poor administration. Official figures present that 1,793 practice accidents happened in 2017 throughout the nation.
In 2018, a passenger practice derailed close to the southern metropolis of Aswan, injuring not less than six individuals and prompting authorities to fireside the chief of the nation’s railways.
In the identical 12 months, President Abdel Fattah el Sissi stated the federal government lacks about 250 billion Egyptian kilos or 141 billion to overtake the rundown rail system. El Sissi spoke a day after a passenger practice collided with a cargo practice killing not less than 12 individuals, together with a baby.
A 12 months earlier, two passenger trains collided simply outdoors the Mediterranean port metropolis of Alexandria killing 43 individuals. In 2016, not less than 51 individuals had been killed when two commuter trains collided close to Cairo.
Egypt’s deadliest practice crash happened in 2002, when over 300 individuals had been killed when hearth erupted in rushing practice touring from Cairo to southern Egypt.