Sun, 2021-04-18 16:05
CAIRO: Ninety-seven people have been injured after a train derailed in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement.
58 ambulances rushed to the site and moved the injured to three hospitals in the province, it said.
Egypt’s health minister Hala Zayed is heading to Qalioubia province to check up on those injured in the incident.
The train departed Cairo at 1:20 P.M. and was due to arrive in Mansoura at 5:00 P.M.
At least 20 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in March when two trains collided near Tahta in Sohag province.
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