Alexandria train collision

Alexandria Train Collision
Details
Date11 August 2017
2:15 p.m. local time
(12:15 UTC)
LocationAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate
CountryEgypt
LineCairo-Alexandria Line
OperatorEgyptian Railway Authority
Incident typeCollision
CauseUnder investigation
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths41
Injured179

The Alexandria train collision occurred on 11 August 2017 near Khorshid station in the suburbs of the eastern edge of Alexandria, Egypt.

Crash

Two trains – one traveling from Port Said and the other from Cairo – crashed one into the rear of the other at 2:15 pm local time, killing at least 41 people and injuring another 179.

Reactions

On 11 August, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi expressed his condolences for the victims and ordered government bodies to form an investigative task force to identify the cause of the accident and hold those responsible to account.


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