Created: Dec 05, 2009 10:00 AM
CAIRO – Two Nile river passenger ferries collided yesterday in northern Egypt, with up to 38 people feared missing when one boat broke in half and the other overturned, security and ambulance sources said. They said at least a dozen people survived the accident near the northern city of Rachid, but there were contradictory reports over how many people may have gone missing. Security sources put the number of missing people at between 14 and 38, while Egypt's official state news agency quoted the governor of Beheira province as saying that six to eight people were missing. Security sources had earlier put the number at 80.
Passenger ferries collide in Egypt
CAIRO – Two Nile river passenger ferries collided yesterday in northern Egypt, with up to 38 people feared missing when one boat broke in half and the other overturned, security and ambulance sources said. They said at least a dozen people survived the accident near the northern city of Rachid, but there were contradictory reports over how many people may have gone missing. Security sources put the number of missing people at between 14 and 38, while Egypt's official state news agency quoted the governor of Beheira province as saying that six to eight people were missing. Security sources had earlier put the number at 80.
