Egypt buries train crash dead, toll revised to 19

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TAHTA: Egypt buried the dead on Saturday (Mar 27) from a train collision that killed at least 19 people and injured 185, according to a revised ...

At the scene of the rail disaster, technicians worked through Friday evening to remove five dislocated and damaged carriages. By morning the crash area was cleared of twisted metal and debris.Witnesses and survivors recounted horrifying scenes.

One train was travelling between the southern city of Luxor and Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast, and the other between the southern city of Aswan and Cairo. "Our train suddenly stopped and a quarter of an hour later, the second arrived and struck us," said Nagi, who suffered multiple broken bones.

 

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