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Train Collision Investigations Reveal Driver’s Absence

February 28, 2019
Policemen stand guard in front of a damaged train inside Ramses train station in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday.

Following Wednesday’s deadly train collision in which more than 20 were killed and around 50 were wounded, official investigations have been ongoing and revealing that the event was sparked by neglect rather than by accident. HOW DID THE CRASH OCCUR? According to the Public Prosecutor’s statement, the train was heading towards a train yard when when it was struck by another train in an adjacent path. The collision occurred in Cairo’s Ramses railway station on Wednesday morning. Black smoke could be seen from afar while flames engulfed a good part of the station. The conductor of the train car exited the locomotive, without turning off the engine to talk to the conductor of the other train. The conductor had not properly set the brake, as he should have, which paved the way for the rest of the crash as the train continued to move forward towards the station at great speed. Rumours of the train being without a conductor spread amidst the initial frenzy of the incident, paving way for rumored motives of terrorism. However, this fact was solidly confirmed on Wednesday evening by Egyptian officials. It was further evidenced through…


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