Train crash in Egypt: at least 97 injured in derailment

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More than 50 ambulances were sent by the Ministry of Health to rescue the injured from the train crash.

The Egyptian Railway Agency said it was still investigating the cause of the train crash heading to Cairo in Mansoura on Sunday.

“During the passage of train No. 949/3209 from Cairo to Mansoura, at 13:54, 4 wagons derailed near Sandanhour station (near Toukh),” the Egyptian railway authority said. in a statement.

People inspect the damaged wagons of a passenger train, which went off the tracks near Toukh.

Most of the injuries were mild and moderate, with only a few critical cases, health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed told a local TV channel.

The video posted on social media showed victims and injuries scattered on the railway line, next to the overturned train cars, and the sounds of anguish. Train movement stopped in the eastern delta.

This is the third major railway accident to occur in Egypt in less than a month. At least 32 people were killed and 165 injured last month after two trains collided in Tahta district in Sohag governorate in Upper Egypt.

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