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PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE IN CAIRO-KILLING 25 PEOPLE

By: Charm21 send a private message
Cairo : Egypt | about 1 month ago  
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Onlookers gather at the scene of a train accident south of Cairo

A passenger train collided with the second train ahead of it in the the back on the tracks outside of Cairo,Egypt on Saturday, damaging properties and destroying several passenger cars and killing at least 25 people,police official said.

At least 55 others were injured in the accident, which occurred in Girzah district of 6th of October province, said by the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Emergency personnel are working hard to extract the dead bodies and wounded from the trains.

The train that caused the collision was heading to the southern city of Assuit from Cairo, while the other train was traveling from Giza province to the oasis town of Fayoum.

History siad that Egypt has a poor safety record on its railways, and report several fatal accident each year, Caused blamed on poorly maintained tools.

In February 2002 a train is heading to southern Egypt caught fire, killing 363 people.The worst recent disaster in egypt.

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    Posted By ladym33 ladym33 | about 1 month ago
    That is terrible, very sad.
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    Reply By Charm21 Charm21 | about 1 month ago
    yes it is, i hope they learn fro this tradegy.
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    Posted By daveadey daveadey | about 1 month ago
    It is so terrible that so many people can be killed so swiftly. It must be hard for workers who have to go there and do a job that no one ever wishes for.
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