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Crash [ edit ] Two trains – one traveling from Port Said and the other from Cairo – crashed one into the rear of the other at 2:15 p.m. local time, killing at least 41 people and injuring another 179.
Seven were killed and scores injured when a train crashed into a truck in Giza. Reports said the gatekeeper forgot about the coming passenger train until a truck pulled out in front of the crossing. [15] August 11, 2017: 41: 179: Collision: Alexandria train collision: Two trains collided near Alexandria. 41 people were killed and 179 injured. [16]
August 11, 2017 Alexandria train collision; January 14, 2013 Badrashin train accident; November 17, 2012 Manfalut train accident: Train crashes into a bus carrying school children at a level crossing near Manfalut, killing 51 and injuring 17. October 25, 2009: Collision at Al-Ayyat in Giza governorate, 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Cairo ...
January 4 – Pakistan – Sukkur rail disaster: A Multan–Karachi Bahauddin Zakaria Express collided head-on with an empty freight train at Sangi station, Sukkur, Sindh.The train was to pass through Sangi, but incorrectly set rail points directed the train to a siding where the freight train was parked. 307 people were killed and another 700 more injured in Pakistan's worst rail disaster.
A coach plunged off a cliff on a coastal road, killing 51. This incident tied with the 2013 Peru bus disaster as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history. [244] January 4 – South Africa – Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash. A train collided with a truck at a level crossing in the Free State. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve ...
Red for Danger: A history of railway accidents and railway safety (4th ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8362-0. OCLC 9526651. Shaw, Robert B. (1978). A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064.
Church Hill Tunnel was completed in 1873 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), [2] [3] which was seeking to extend its trackage (of the former Virginia Central Railroad) from a terminus in the Shockoe Valley section of downtown Richmond to connect with their new Peninsula Subdivision extending approximately 75 miles (120 km) southeast down the Virginia Peninsula to reach Collis Potter ...
Theodora was a young noblewoman of Alexandria who had refused to offer sacrifice to the Roman gods. [1] Standing trial before the prefect Eustratius, she bravely confessed herself a Christian. The prefect asked why she had not married, pointing out that she was of a noble family and beautiful and could have her choice of husbands.