At least 32 dead, dozens injured after two trains crash in Egypt

At least 32 people died and 66 others were injured after the collision on Friday between two trains about 365 kilometers south of Cairo., reported the Ministry of Health.

The health authorities sent 36 ambulances at the scene in the city of Tahta and the victims are transferred to local hospitalsthe wallet said in a statement.

Images released by the local press showed cars derailed on a channel.

“The trains collided while traveling at low speeds, resulting in the destruction of two cars and the overturning of a third”he told the news agency Reuters a source of security.

For the moment, the causes of the event are unknown, which led the provincial authorities to create a emergency committee to deal with the consequences and support the victims, as reported by the Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram.

Egypt has one of the oldest and most extensive rail networks in the region and fatalities are common.

The last major accident occurred on February 27, 2019, in which they died 22 people and at least 40 were injured at Cairo Central Station, where a the driverless locomotive picked up speed and ended up crashing into a concrete barrier located at the end of the railway line.

After this tragedy, the then Minister of Transport, Hisham Arafat, tendered his resignation and was replaced by a military, the General Kamel al Wazir, which had the support of President Abdelfatah al Sisi.

(With information from Reuters, EFE and Europa Press)

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