Egypt: Two die after two trains collide in Nile Delta
At least two people died and 29 others were injured after two passenger trains collided in Egypt, media reports said on Saturday.
Thirty ambulances and reinforcement medical teams were sent to the scene of the collision in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Al Sharkia governorate, Egypt's Health Ministry said in a statement as quoted by CNN.
Following the accident, the injured people were rushed to Al-Ahrar and Zagazig University hospitals for treatment.
Egypt has recorded at least one deadly railway mishap almost every year for the past 20 years.
Egypt recorded 2,044 train accidents in 2018 and 1,793 the year before, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) as quoted by CNN.
In 2002, Egypt recorded one of the deadliest train mishaps after a fire broke out on a passenger train travelling south from Cairo to Luxor which left at least 360 people dead.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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