Two trains collided in Egypt’s Alexandria city on Friday, killing 42 people and injuring at least 133, Reuters reported. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered an inquiry into the crash, which took place at 2.15 pm Egypt time (5.45 pm Indian Standard Time) on Friday.

The Egyptian Railway Authority said the accident, which occurred near Khorshid station at the border of Alexandria, derailed the engine of one train and two carriages of the other. Egyptian Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said “human error” led to the collision. “In order to avoid it, we have to develop the infrastructure,” he said.

People living close to the scene of the tragedy reported that the two trains “rose in the air” following the collision. “They [the trains] rose in the air forming a pyramid when they collided,” a resident, Hoda, who was standing on the rooftop of her house said. “I started to scream from the rooftops for people to grab some sheets and run.” </s> At least 36 died and some 120 others were injured on Friday when two trains collided in the suburbs of the Egyptian city of Alexandria, local media reported citing medical and security sources.

The previous death toll stood at 28 people killed and 74 others injured.

According to the Youm7 portal, 22 injured people have been hospitalized in local clinics, while the exact number of casualties is being determined. </s> CAIRO (REUTERS) – Two trains collided in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria on Friday (Aug 11) killing 24 people and injuring more than 55 others, two security sources and one medic said.

The crash near the Khorshid station between Alexandria and Cairo route derailed the engine of one train and two cars of the other, state news agency Mena said.

State newspaper al-Ahram said 28 bodies had arrived at hospital morgues in Alexandria province.

Public prosecutor Nabil Sadek ordered an urgent investigation, it said.

The health ministry put its preliminary toll at 20 dead and 84 wounded.

Footage from the scene broadcast on state television showed dozens of people crowding around the damaged train cars, with dead bodies strewn on the ground. </s> Cairo: At least 15 people were killed and 40 others injured today when a passenger train collided with a freight train in Egypt, officials said, the latest deadly rail accident in the North African country.

The passenger train collided with the goods train near Kom Hamada station in northern Behira governorate.

At least 15 people were killed and 40 others injured in the accident, according to the Ministry of Transportation.

The injured were taken to nearby hospitals.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known. The passenger train was en route to Alexandria while the cargo train was heading to Cairo, local media reported.

Egypt’s railway system has a poor safety record, mostly blamed on decades of badly maintained equipment and poor management.

Deadly accidents have claimed hundreds of lives over the years. According to latest figures by the state’s statistics agency, 1,249 train accidents took place last year, the highest since 2009 when the number reached 1,577.

In August, 43 people died in a train collision near the coastal city of Alexandria. In 2016, at least 51 people were killed when two commuter trains collided near Cairo. </s> Authorities said two trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta province of Beheira on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people.

The ministry said 21 others were injured in the collision.

The accident took place when two carriages of a passenger train broke off and rammed into a nearby goods train, the Egyptian news portal al-Youm al-Saba reported, citing the province’s security chief.

Transport Minister, Hesham Arafat, left Cairo to visit the site of the collision, state-run newspaper al-Ahram said.

Egypt has seen several railway tragedies in recent years.

In August, more than 40 people were killed in a collision between two passenger trains in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria.

In the aftermath, the chief of the country’s state-run railways authority resigned and the government promised to upgrade the service.

Egypt’s worst rail disaster took place in 2002 when a passenger train caught fire, killing more than 360 people. (dpa/NAN) </s> At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a collision involving two passenger trains in northern Egypt, health officials say.

One train was travelling from Cairo and the other from Port Said when they hit head-on in the northern coastal city of Alexandria, local media report. </s> Two trains have collided in Alexandra, Egypt, killing at least 21 people and injuring 55, according to officials and the state-run news agency MENA.

More to come </s> A passenger train has collided with a cargo train in Egypt, killing at least 12 people, including a child.

A passenger train has collided with a cargo train in Egypt, killing at least 12 people, including a child.

Another 39 people were injured in the crash, which took place in the Nile Delta north of Cairo, according to the state-run MENA news agency.

The Health Ministry said the trains were both bound for the country’s capital. Egypt’s railway system has a poor safety record, mostly blamed on decades of poor management and maintenance.

People gather at the scene of the collision (AP Photo/Mostafa Darwish) President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi has spoken about the need to modernise the railway system to prevent deadly accidents and improve services. Last year he said 180 billion Egyptian pounds were needed to overhaul the network, suggesting that ticket prices should be raised. Deadly accidents have claimed hundreds of lives over the years.

In August, two passenger trains collided just outside Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing 43 people, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than a decade. In 2016, at least 51 people were killed when two commuter trains collided near Cairo. In 2002, a massive fire broke out on a train filled with holiday travellers. The train sped for miles, with flames engulfing one carriage after another, killing more than 370 people.

In November 2012, a speeding train crashed into a bus carrying children to their nursery school in the country’s south, killing more than 50, mostly children between the ages of four and six. Two months later, at least 19 people died in a train derailment south of Cairo. </s> At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more are injured after two trains crashed into each other in Egypt today.

The deadly collision happened in the northern coastal city of Alexandria and left 55 wounded, officials say.

Shocking pictures have emerged showing the mangled wreckage of the trains and the dead and injured lying on the ground nearby.

Medics and officials say as many as 21 have been killed in the crash. The cause of the disaster is not yet clear.

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more are injured after two trains crashed into each other in Alexandria, Egypt today
Two trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt, killing at least 41 people and injuring at least 179.