At least two killed and 29 injured as two passenger trains plough into each other in Egypt’s Nile Delta
AT least two people have been killed after two passenger trains ploughed into each other in Egypt’s Nile Delta.
The horror crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said in a statement.
Video from the site of the crash showed a train car crumpled by the impact, surrounded by crowds as men tried to lift the injured through the windows of a passenger car.
Egypt’s Health Ministry said that Saturday’s collision injured at least 29 others.
Train derailments and crashes are common in the country, where an aging railway system has also been plagued by mismanagement.
In recent years, the government announced initiatives to improve its railways.
In 2018, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said some 250 billion Egyptian pounds, or $8.13 billion, would be needed to properly overhaul the North African countrys neglected rail network.
Last month, a train crashed into a truck crossing the train tracks in the Mediterranean province of Alexandria, killing two people.
In June, at least eight people died with dozens more injured after a passenger train was hit by a goods train in eastern India.
Shocking pictures showed one of the wrecked carriages suspended almost vertically in mid-air as worried onlookers gather nearby.
Rescue workers and disaster teams rushed to the scene after the Kanchanjunga Express was hit by a goods train from behind.
The crash happened in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
Around 60 people were hurt in the horrific crash, PTI news reports, but at least 25 of them did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
They have been rushed to a nearby hospital as officials continued the rescue operation, ANI reported.
Several coaches on the express train were reportedly derailed on impact.
The death toll remained relatively low after the collision because the rear of the passenger train was made up of a cargo van and guards coach.
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