On 18 April 2021, a train derailed in the city of Toukh in Qalyubiyya Governorate, Egypt.[1] The accident left 23 people dead and another 139 injured,[2] trapping several under overturned carriages.[3] It was the third major train accident in Egypt recorded in less than a month. Considering the commonality of train wrecks and mishaps in Egypt, prosecutors blamed the negligence of railway employees and the country’s mismanagement.[4]
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