SOHAG, KOMPAS.com – The prosecutor on Sunday (11/4/2021) revealed that neither the driver nor his assistant was in control when the train accident occurred Egypt which was deadly last month.
At least 20 people were killed and 199 were injured train accident Egypt on March 26 near Sohag, according to the authorities’ latest figures.
Number of victims killed Egyptian train wreck it was originally announced as 32 on the day the incident occurred, then revised several times by local authorities to 19, then 18, and now 20.
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According to an investigative report cited by prosecutors today, the driver and his assistant were not in the control cabin at the time of the accident, contradicting their claims.
Train accident Deadly Egypt has been a frequent occurrence in recent years.
Egypt’s Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir, a former general and appointed to the post after the fatal crash in 2019, called last month’s Egyptian train accident a human error.
He also promised to install an automated network by 2024.
Meanwhile, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi promised to hold those who played a role accountable Egyptian train wreck last month.
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News agency AFP reported that at least eight people including the engineer and assistant were arrested shortly after the incident occurred.
CCTV video footage seen AFP shows the train crashing into another train hard.
One of the carriages was blown away into the air, and the dust billowed large into the air.
Egyptian train crash this happened in the village of Samaa Gharb, 460 km south of Cairo.
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