Egypt train crash kills dozens, injures more than 100 people – UPDATE
Two trains collided in Egypt‘s coastal city of Alexandria on Friday killing 42 people and injuring 133 others, the health ministry said.
UPDATE 3: A witness said the trains rose into the air “forming a pyramid” as they slammed into each other just outside a suburban station in the Mediterranean port city.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered an inquiry into the crash, which left bodies strewn on the ground as rescue teams worked to pull the dead and injured from the wrecked carriages.
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UPDATE 2: The crash at 2:15 p.m. (1215 GMT) near the suburban Khorshid station on the route to Cairo, derailed the engine of one train and two cars of the other, the Egyptian Railway Authority said.
A railroad switching error was the most likely cause of the collision, a security source. He gave no further details.
State newspaper al-Ahram said 36 bodies had arrived at hospital morgues in Alexandria province. Public prosecutor Nabil Sadek ordered an urgent investigation, it said.
A medical official told state TV some wounded people were still stuck in the trains.
UPDATE 1: The crash near the Khorshid station between Alexandria and Cairo route derailed the engine of one train and two cars of the other, state news agency MENA said.
State newspaper al-Ahram said 28 bodies had arrived at hospital morgues in Alexandria province. Public prosecutor Nabil Sadek ordered an urgent investigation, it said.
The health ministry put its preliminary toll at 20 dead and 84 wounded.
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Footage from the scene broadcast on state television showed dozens of people crowding around the damaged train cars, with dead bodies strewn on the ground.
A train crash in Alexandria, Egypt has led to multiple deaths and injuries. Reports of more than 20 killed and dozens injured. pic.twitter.com/l5BLKvngxI
— Behind The News (@Behind__News) August 11, 2017
29 killed, 88 injured in #train crash in #Egypt’s #Alexandria https://t.co/Pt6kLTSEIZ pic.twitter.com/MrOJCXGPnf
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) August 11, 2017
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