32 people were killed and 66 others injured in a train collision in Egypt

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  • 26-03-2021, 16:55
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    Follow-up - INA

     A source in the Ambulance Authority in Egypt confirmed the death of 32 people and the injury of 66 others in an accident involving two trains in the district of Tahta Center in Sohag, which resulted in the departure of three vehicles from the tracks.
    The executive bodies and the railway authority received a notification that there was a train collision accident and necessary measures are being taken.
    According to the source of the railway, the march stopped for the movement of trains, due to an accident with a train (157 featured) and a collision with a train air in Sohag.
    Lieutenant General Kamel, the Minister, the Egyptian Minister of Transport, ordered the seizure of the drivers of the Tahta trains in Sohag Governorate, according to an official source in the Railways Authority.
     He indicated that the Minister of Transport would move to the site of the two train’s collision, to follow up on the effects of the collision between the two trains of Upper Egypt passengers, noting that he called for a speedy formation of a technical committee to reveal the real causes behind the accident.