Manfalut railway accident

2012 rail disaster in Manfalut, Egypt

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Manfalut railway accident

Location of accident in Manfalut, Egypt

Details
Date| 17 November 2012 (2012-11-17)
Location| Manfalut
Coordinates| 27°19′N 30°58′E﻿ / ﻿27.317°N 30.967°E﻿ / 27.317; 30.967
Country| Egypt
Operator| Egyptian National Railways
Incident type| Level crossing accident
Statistics
Trains| 1
Deaths| 51
Injured| 17

The Manfalut railway accident occurred on 17 November 2012 when a school bus, which was carrying about 70 school children between four and six years old, was hit by a train on a rail crossing near Manfalut, Egypt, 350 km (230 miles) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo.[1] At least 50 children and the bus driver died in the crash,[2] and about 17 people were injured.[3] Witnesses reported that barriers at the crossing were not closed when the crash occurred.[4]

After the crash, a number of people began searching the tracks to find the remains of their children and victims they knew.[1] Additionally, schoolbags and schoolbooks were scattered across the tracks.[2] Police did not arrive until two hours after the accident, and by the time the first ambulance came, most of the children were dead.[3] Afterwards, the families of the victims protested at the crash site.[5]

The Egyptian minister of transportation, Mohammad Rashad Al Matini, and the head of the railways authority resigned after the accident.[1][4] President Mohamed Morsi pledged to hold those responsible accountable. The crossing worker, who was allegedly asleep, was detained,[5] and Ibrahim El-Zaafrani, the secretary-general of the relief committee of the Arab Doctors Union, said that E£10,000 (about $1,600)[6] will be awarded to families of the dead and E£5,000 (about $800) to families of the injured.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Egypt bus crash kills 50 children near Manfalut". BBC News. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
2. ^ a b "Scores of schoolchildren die in Egypt crash". Al Jazeera. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
3. ^ a b c "Protesters demand Assiut governor resign over fatal bus-train collision". Ahram Online. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
4. ^ a b "Train slams into school bus in Egypt, killing 48 children, injuring 27 others". Haaretz. Cairo. Reuters. 18 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
5. ^ a b "Dozens Killed, Mostly Children, in Egypt Crash". The New York Times. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
6. ^ Mohamed Fadel Fahmy (18 November 2012). "Bus, train crash in Egypt kills 51 -- mostly children". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

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