EGYPT - Dozens die in Egypt train crash

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21 August 2006,

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Dozens

die in Egypt train crash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two passenger trains have collided in northern Egypt killing at least

40 people, although security sources say there may be as many as 80 dead.

The collision happened on Monday

morning near the town of Qalyoub, 20 km (12 miles)

north of the capital, Cairo.

Egyptian television reports that more than 100 people were also

injured as four carriages derailed and overturned.

Egypt has a history of serious rail

accidents, which are usually blamed on poorly maintained equipment.

Details are still sketchy but reports suggest the trains were on

the same track.

The provincial governor, Adly Hussein, told Egypt television

that two southbound trains headed for Cairo collided at about

0745 (0445 GMT).

It is the third serious train accident this year in Egypt, the French

news agency, AFP, reports.

In May, 45 people were injured when a passenger train hit a

stationary cargo train, and in February 20 people were hurt when two trains

collided.

Egypt's worst train accident

by far happened in 2002 when a fire on a train travelling south from Cairo left at least

300 people dead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5269946.stm

 

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