In the case of a serious train accident at the main railway station of Cairo, have been killed, according to Egypt’s state television for at least 20 people. A further 40 people had been injured, it said on Wednesday. Thus, a locomotive with a high speed into the station to be driving and at the end of the tracks with a concrete block collides.
recordings of a surveillance camera to show the disaster at the Ramses station in downtown Cairo. On the Video, which was circulated on the Internet, was to see how a locomotive at about 9.30 am local time against a limit block at the end of the tracks is a crash. Some of the people on the adjacent rail of the track jump to the side. Then an Explosion filled the screen.
The police left the Central station, first rooms. Photos from the scene showed a burnt-out locomotive and freight cars which were obviously jumped out of the rails.
On images and Videos that were directly shared to the Internet is also a large black cloud of smoke above the station. On the platforms and the tracks were, therefore, several charred people. Furthermore, you see, as it tried in several Places in the train station was burning and people, to help the burning Victims with Blankets.
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mustafa Madbuli visited the station immediately after the tragedy. “We will not tolerate any negligence,” said Madbuli. The attorney General took over the investigation.
In the past years, several serious Zugunglücken in Egypt. In July last year, 55 people were injured when a train South of the capital Cairo was derailed. In February, more than ten people died in the collision of two trains in the südägyptischen province of Al-beheira. In August 2017, more than 40 people died in a clash in Alexandria. (dpa)