ZAGAZIG, EGYPT: youngsters have been amongst three folks killed when two trains collided Saturday (Sep 14) in northern Egypt, the well being ministry and state media stated.
It was the most recent in a sequence of lethal accidents to hit Egypt’s in depth rail community, which has been beset by ageing infrastructure and mismanagement.
One other 49 folks have been injured within the crash, which occurred in Zagazig, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Cairo, the ministry stated on its Fb web page.
State-owned newspaper Al-Ahram stated two youngsters have been among the many useless.
Egypt’s 105 million folks rely largely on rail transport, however the community, though one of many largest on the African continent, has suffered repeated lethal accidents.
In 2021, two accidents inside lower than a month killed greater than 40 folks.
