{"id":624734,"date":"2018-09-17T04:11:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T04:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/17\/12-injured-in-a-train-accident-in-menofiya\/"},"modified":"2018-09-17T04:11:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T04:11:37","slug":"12-injured-in-a-train-accident-in-menofiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/17\/12-injured-in-a-train-accident-in-menofiya\/","title":{"rendered":"12 injured in a train accident in Menofiya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>12 people were injured when a train derailed at the Shebin El Koum station in Menoufiya yesterday<\/strong>, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/News\/311629.aspx\">Ahram Online reports<\/a><\/u>. The National Railway Authority formed a committee to investigate the cause of the accident, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shorouknews.com\/news\/view.aspx?cdate=16092018&id=3cabe5cc-b8d0-4951-a58c-0480fd09c56e\">according to Al Shorouk<\/a><\/u>. Egypt is working on a broader <u><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/03\/05\/house-of-representatives-approves-railway-act-amendments\/\">overhaul of the country\u2019s rail system<\/a><\/u> to prevent these types of accidents from occurring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 people were injured when a train derailed at the Shebin El Koum station in Menoufiya yesterday, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said, Ahram Online reports. The National Railway Authority formed a committee to investigate the cause of the accident, according to Al Shorouk. 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