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Three killed and 94 injured as passenger train derails in Egypt

Aug 31, 2025

Cairo [Egypt] August 31: Three people died and 94 others injured on Saturday after a passenger train derailed in north-western Egypt, health authorities said.
The accident happened in the coastal province of Marsa Matruh, the Ministry of Health added in an online statement.
The railway authorities said seven carriages derailed while the train was on a journey from Marsa Matruh heading to Cairo. Egyptian Minister of Transport Kamel Al Wazir headed to the site and ordered the formation of a technical committee to determine the cause of the accident, the state-run National Railways added in a statement.
Initially, the Egyptian news portal al-Youm al-Sabaa reported that the mishap resulted from a railway subsidence, prompting a halt to the service.
Source: Qatar Tribune

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