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Train-truck Collision Injures 14 in Egypt
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A train ploughed into a truck in Egyptian city of Fayoum, some 90 km south of Cairo, on Saturday, wounding 14 Egyptians, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.

 

The accident occurred when a truck pulling a trailer ignored traffic signals and crossed the track while the train was passing, said MENA.

 

The train was derailed, while the sand-ladden truck and trailer overturned, said the report, adding that the driver fled the scene.

 

The injured, including the train driver and co-driver, were rushed to nearby hospitals, said the report.

 

It added that civil defense and railways emergency and rescue teams are trying to remove the train off the track to restore railway traffic.

 

(Xinhua News Agency December 25, 2006)

 

 

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