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Cairo: At least 32 people were killed and 66 others wounded in Egypt's southern province of Sohag when two trains collided on Friday, according to a government statement that feared the number might rise.
The Egypt Health Ministry statement said at least 36 ambulances were sent to the scene and they transferred the wounded to four public hospitals nearby.
The rear end of a passenger train crashed into another with air-conditioning system in Tahta city, 467 km from here, causing at least three carriages to be derailed, an official security source told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity.
"The accident was horrible, and the people helped the security men find the wounded inside the damaged carriages," an eyewitness said.
Some bodies were still stuck inside the three carriages, he added.
Watch: Two passenger trains collided in southern #Egypt possibly causing casualties, a security source says, in the latest in a string of rail accidents to hit the country.https://t.co/o5VpOkGIa3 pic.twitter.com/8XAjuHLpk9
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) March 26, 2021
Egypt’s PM & Attorney General arrive in Upper Egypt's Sohag to follow up on accident of train collision and visit the victims#EgyptToday #BreakingNews #Breaking #Egypt #Sohag | #طهطا #سوهاج #عاجل #مصرpic.twitter.com/FDT2vSBPL3
— Egypt Today Magazine (@EgyptTodayMag) March 26, 2021