Al-Ayyat train crash trial to resume Dec. 7.CAIRO: The trial of eight railway workers allegedly responsible for Al-Ayyat train accident last month is scheduled to resume on Dec.7 based on their defense committee's request. The railway workers include two train conductors and three signalmen. They are facing charges of negligence and involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. . All eight suspects have been charged with resulting in the "death of 18 people due to negligence," a source said. The train crash, which claimed the lives of 18 people and injured 36, led to the resignation of Minister of Transportation Mohamed Lotfy Mohamed Lotfy is an Egyptian athlete and the inventor of the Egyptian raquet sport speed-ball. He was also the former president of the International Federation of Speedball. Mansour. On Oct. 24, two trains collided near the village of Girzah, in the area of Al-Ayyat about 40 km south of Cairo, when one train stopped due to a water buffalo water buffalo: see buffalo. water buffalo or Indian buffalo Any of three subspecies of oxlike bovid (species Bubalus bubalis). Two have been domesticated in Asia since the earliest recorded history. which wandered onto the tracks. The second train, heading from Cairo to Assiut, rear-ended it. The investigation carried out by the prosecutor's office determined that the conductor of the first train also waited 20 minutes before alerting rail authorities that he had made an unscheduled halt. Daily NewsEgypt 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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