What the records say
- When
- 18 Apr 2021
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 30.41° N, 31.21° E
- Description
- train collision in Egypt
- Deaths
- 11
- Injured
- 98
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Toukh train accident
2021 Train derailment in Egypt
On 18 April 2021, a train derailed in the city of Toukh in Qalyubiyya Governorate, Egypt. The accident left 23 people dead and another 139 injured, trapping several under overturned carriages. It was the third major train accident in Egypt recorded in less than a month.
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