11 dead, 98 injured after passenger train derailment in Egypt
Fourteen people injured have been discharged from the hospital.
April 18, 2021, 2:40 PM
Eleven people are dead and 98 are injured after a passenger train derailed in Banha, Egypt, on Sunday.
Video broadcast by local media showed several carriages overturned in the province of Qalyoubeya, about 18 miles north of Cairo.
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Health Ministry officials said 14 people receiving treatment for minor injures have been discharged from the hospital.
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The train was traveling from Cairo to al-Mansoura when it derailed.
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ABC News' Hatem Maher contributed to this report.