Egypt train crash kills dozens, injures more than 100 people

Record ID: 906032

  • Title: Egypt train crash kills dozens, injures more than 100 people
  • Date: 11th August 2017
  • Summary: ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT (AUGUST 11, 2017) (REUTERS) OFFICIALS ARRIVING AT CRASH SITE OVERTURNED TRAIN, PEOPLE STANDING BY PEOPLE STANDING BY TRAIN HALF OFF TRAIN TRACKS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EYEWITNESS, HODA (LAST NAME UNKNOWN), SAYING: "I was standing on my roof when I saw the two trains crash. They rose in the air forming a pyramid when they collided. I started to scream from the rooftops for people to grab some sheets and run. This is pure negligence; whose fault is this? How can so many people die? I want to know if this negligence from the railway authorities or is it the driver's fault?" MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ON GROUND EXTERIOR OF DAMAGED TRAIN CARRIAGE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EYEWITNESS, SAYED MENSHAWY, SAYING: "There was a train here stationary and the other one crashed into it. Everyone from the town rushed to carry out the people who died and who were injured, and then the ambulances came and took them away." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT CRASH SITE GARMENTS SEEN ON TRACKS NEXT TO WRECKED TRAIN CARRIAGE DOCTORS AND PEOPLE STANDING NEXT TO INJURED PASSENGERS IN HOSPITAL BEDS INJURED MAN ON HOSPITAL BED / PERSON TAKING PHOTOGRAPH ON SMART PHONE INJURED MAN ON HOSPITAL BED
  • Embargoed: 25th August 2017 19:44
  • Keywords: Egypt train crash Alexandria train collision fatal train crash eyewitness account
  • Location: ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
  • City: ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
  • Country: Egypt
  • Topics: Ground Accidents/Collisions,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016TPRHVR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Two trains collided in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Friday killing 42 people and injuring 133 others, the health ministry said.
    One eyewitness said the two trains mounted into the air "forming a pyramid" after they slammed into each other at a suburban station on the edge of the Mediterranean port city.
    The collision at 2:15 p.m. (1215 GMT), near Khorshid station at the edge of Alexandria, derailed the locomotive of one train and two cars of the other, the Egyptian Railway Authority said.
    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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