US EditionAt least 8 people are killed when a passenger train slams into a minibus in Egypt
- At least 10 people have died after a train collided with a minibus at an unauthorized crossing in Egypt, according to the government.
- One child is in critical condition, and 10 others sustained injuries in the crash near Suez Canal, as reported by the health ministry.
- Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly announced payments of £1,520 to each victim's family following the incident.
- The Egyptian railway authority warned about the dangers of unauthorized track crossings, highlighting ongoing issues with crash incidents in the country.
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Ten dead after train hits minibus carrying children home from nursery
The crumpled remains of the minibus on Thursday (Picture: Xinhua/Shutterstock) At least 10 people are dead after a train ploughed through a minibus while it crossed railway tracks in Egypt. One child is in critical condition, while 10 more people are injured, as a result of the crash along the Qantara East-Bir al-Abd line, near the Suez Canal, on Thursday. Pictures from the scene show the crumpled and tangled metal remains of a red minibus besid…
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At least 8 people are killed when a passenger train slams into a minibus in Egypt
A train has slammed into a minibus that was crossing the tracks in an unauthorized location in norther Egypt, killing at least eight people and leaving 12 injured.
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On Thursday 13 March 2025, a train and a minibus collided in Ismailia, Egypt. Several deaths occurred in the accident.
8 killed, 12 injured in train-minibus collision east of Cairo
Cairo : Eight people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a train and a passenger vehicle in Ismailia governorate, east of Cairo. Egypt’s Ministry of Health stated that 13 ambulances were dispatched to transport the injured to hospital. The Railway Authority indicated that the accident occurred due to the vehicle crossing from an unauthorised location, leading to casualties. Kamel El Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industria…
10 killed in train-minibus crash in Egypt
At least 10 people were killed and 12 others wounded after a minibus was hit by a train in northeastern Egypt's Ismailia province on Thursday, according to a statement from the Health Ministry, reported Xinhua. It happened when the minibus attempted to cross quickly from an undesignated crossing, said the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) in a separate statement. Some 13 ambulances rushed to the scene, and the victims were transferred to the El Q…
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