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Monday, April 19, 2021, 09:53
Eleven dead, 98 injured after train derails in Egypt
By Reuters
Monday, April 19, 2021, 09:53 By Reuters

People search for belongings in the aftermath of a passenger train that derailed injuring around 100 people, near Banha, Qalioubia province, Egypt, Sunday, April 18, 2021. The train was travelling to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura from the Egyptian capital, the statement said. (FADEL DAWOOD / AP PHOTO)

Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt's Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement.

The cause of the train derailment in Egypt's Qalioubia province north of Cairo is being investigated, Egyptian National Railways said in a short statement

The train was heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura when four carriages derailed at 1:54 pm (1154 GMT), about 40 km north of Cairo, Egyptian National Railways said in a short statement.

The cause of the accident is being investigated, it added.

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More than 50 ambulances took the injured to three hospitals in the province, the health ministry said.

People walk past an overturned passenger carriage at the scene of a railway accident in the city of Toukh in Egypt's central Nile Delta province of Qalyubiya on April 18, 2021. The train accident north of Cairo on April 18 left 11 people dead and 98 others injured, after it derailed off its tracks heading northwards from the capital Cairo, the health ministry said, in the latest railway disaster. Eight carriages derailed off the tracks as the train headed to Mansoura, about 130 kilometres north of Cairo. (AYMAN AREF / AFP)

The derailing is the latest of several recent railway crashes in Egypt. At least 20 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in March when two trains collided near Tahta, about 440 kms south of Cairo.

Fifteen people were injured this month when two train carriages derailed near Minya al-Qamh city, about 70 kms north of Cairo.

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Egypt's transportation minister Kamel El-Wazir, a former army general, has faced calls to resign from some Egyptians on social media. He has rejected these and vowed to keep working on developing the ageing rail network.

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