Train accident in Egypt, 32 people killed

KAIRO, KOMPAS.com – At least 32 people were killed and 165 others were injured while inside accident train of Egypt middle on Friday (26/3/2021).

Accident it involves two trains going in the same direction as reported Reuters.

Egyptian rail authorities said an unidentified person triggered the emergency brake on one of the trains and caused it to stop.

The second train, which was traveling in the same direction, immediately hit the first train that stopped from behind.

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Photos circulating show that several train cars slipped off the tracks, some badly damaged.

Some of the injured needed to be flown to the Egyptian capital Cairo for treatment, officials said.

The prosecutor’s office said it had ordered an investigation into the train crash.

The train accident occurred near the city of the Throne on the side Nile, about 365 kilometers south of Cairo.

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Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said 32 people were killed, 165 were injured and dozens of ambulances had taken the victims to local hospitals.

Egypt has one network the oldest and largest railroad in the region and casualty accidents are frequent.

Egyptians have long complained that governments often fail to enforce basic protections.

The country’s worst rail tragedy occurred in 2020 when fires engulfed seven overcrowded passenger train cars, killing at least 360 people.

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Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly along with several ministers surveyed the location train accident such and hurled criticism of the railway network.

“(Network trains) have seen decades of neglect and no development or maintenance to such a dangerous degree, “Madbouly said.

He added that the locomotives owned by Egypt are too old and have passed their useful life for many years.

“We have thousands of kilometers of railroads, control systems and management that rely on manual labor,” added Madbouly.

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Madbouly said the government has invested billions of Egyptian pounds to modernize the rail network, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said those responsible for the accident would be punished.

He also asked the government to double the financial compensation for victims of public transportation accidents.

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