At least 32 people were killed and 66 others injured in the midday collision of two passenger trains in Sohag in southern Egypt, the health ministry said.
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Thirty-two citizens died and 66 others were injured in the collision of two trains in Tahta, in Sohag governorate
," about 460 kilometers south of Cairo, according to a ministry statement.
According to a video filmed near the scene of the accident and widely disseminated by local media, several cars overturned on their side, near a canal.
According to a statement from the Egyptian railway authority, the Luxor-Alexandria train and the Aswan-Cairo train collided after unidentified individuals "
applied the emergency brake in several cars
" in one. of the two trains.
The collision, which resulted in the overturning of at least two wagons, took place "
between the stations of Maragha and Tahta
", indicated the same source, without further details.
Egypt is regularly the scene of serious road or rail accidents, due to anarchic traffic, dilapidated vehicles or poorly maintained and poorly supervised roads and railways.
