Egypt train crash: At least 32 dead after 2 trains clashed in Sohag

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    At least 32 people have died after two trains collided head on in the north of the Egyptian province of Sohag.

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    There are 36 ambulances at the scene in the province of Sohag (Picture: Twitter)

    At least 32 individuals have actually passed away and 66 are hurt after 2 trains crashed head on in Egypt.

    Three automobile turned over and some 36 ambulances were sent out to the scene in the province of Sohag, health authorities validated.

    Images reveal 2 trains entirely thwarted over a body of water. 

    Video video footage from the scene reveals a variety of travelers caught under the wreckage, and individuals can be seen trying to pull them out.

    Some victims appeared to be unconscious, while others were bleeding. Bystanders brought bodies, laying them out on the ground near the website of the crash.

    Egypt’s train system has a history of terribly kept devices and bad management.

    In 2016, a minimum of 51 individuals were eliminated when 2 commuter trains clashed near Cairo.

    In 2017, 2 guest trains crash simply outside the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing 43. In that year alone, 1,793 train mishaps happened throughout the nation.

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    Images show two trains completely derailed over a body of water (Picture: Twitter)
    Video footage from the scene shows a number of passengers trapped under the wreckage (Picture: Twitter)
    At least 32 people have died and 66 are injured after the crash (Picture: Twitter)
    Three passenger cars had reportedly flipped over (Picture: Twitter)

    In 2018 a train derailed near the city of Aswan, injuring at least six people, and another train collided with a cargo train killing 12, including a child.

    Authorities fired the chief of the country’s railways that year, but President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the government needed 250 billion Egyptian pounds ($14.1 billion) to overhaul the system, which he claimed the country did not have.

    Egypt’s deadliest train crash was in 2002, when more than 300 people were killed due to a fire on when it was travelling from Cairo to southern Egypt.

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