{"id":40371,"date":"2017-08-12T06:59:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T06:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=40371"},"modified":"2017-08-12T06:59:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T06:59:48","slug":"train-collision-in-egypt-leaves-dozens-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/train-collision-in-egypt-leaves-dozens-dead.html","title":{"rendered":"Train collision in Egypt leaves dozens dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Train collision in Egypt leaves dozens dead<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Train collision in Egypt leaves dozens dead:- Two trains collided in Alexandria on Friday, leaving 40 dead and 133 injured, according to the latest figure from Egypt&#8217;s Health Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The collision involved one train that had been traveling from Cairo and another from Port Said, according to state news agency Al-Ahram. Some 75 emergency vehicles were used to transport the dead and wounded, said Health Ministry spokesperson Dr. Khaled Mojahed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued a statement offering his condolences to the families of the victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">General Prosecutor Nabeel Ahmed dispatched a team from his office in Alexandria to the collision site to run the inspection, transport the dead to the nearest hospitals, release the victims to their families after the identification process is completed, and gather accounts from the wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In addition, an engineering team will be dispatched to the scene to examine the causes of the accident and determine the party responsible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eldin Rady is heading to the scene to check on the wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The US Embassy in Cairo released a statement about the crash, expressing solidarity with Egyptians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Alexandria, Egypt&#8217;s second-largest city, sits on the Mediterranean coast in the north.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/11\/world\/egypt-train-crash\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/train-collision-in-egypt-leaves-dozens-dead.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Train collision in Egypt leaves dozens dead Train collision in Egypt leaves dozens dead:- Two trains collided in Alexandria on Friday, leaving 40 dead and 133 injured, according to the latest figure from Egypt&#8217;s Health Ministry. 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