Another train crash leaves two dead in Egypt
Two more passengers are dead as more trains collide in Egypt.
Two train crashes in two days have left two people dead and dozens injured in Egypt, as the country’s deadly transportation woes continue.
A train crashed into the back of another train at Misr Station in the coastal city of Alexandria on Tuesday. A total of 40 people were injured, according to the state-owned Al-Ahram news outlet.
On Monday, a train collided with two buses carrying workers in Cairo. Two people died and six were injured, Al-Ahram reported.
Egypt has had transportation safety issues for several years, including with its train system. In April, 11 people died when four train carriages derailed north of Cairo. In March, at least 32 people died when two trains crashed into one another in southern Egypt. Prosecutors alleged that some railway workers were on drugs at the time of the March crash and that automatic train control systems had been deactivated. There have been other less serious crashes this year as well.
