50 people injured in Upper Egypt train collision: Health Ministry official

 

CAIRO – 26 March 2021: It has been reported that 50 people were injured in a train accident in the city of Tahta of Sohag, Upper Egypt, on Friday, March 26, 202.

 

The number of the inured reached 50 people so far, an official from the Egyptian Health Minister told Al-Shorouk newspaper. 

 

 

المتحدث باسم وزارة الصحة لـ"الشروق": إصابة 50 حتى الآن في حادث قطار سوهاج#عاجل pic.twitter.com/JLLaVEfJxk

— Shorouk News (@Shorouk_News) March 26, 2021

 

 

The collision resulted in derailing three passenger carriages, a source from the Egyptian Ambulance Organization told Youm7, clarifying that an air-conditioned train collided with another passenger train from the back.