Three dead in a train collision in Egypt

At least three people, including two children, have died after two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta, according to reports.

The Ministry of Health also reported that at least 40 people were injured.

Railway derailments and accidents are frequent in Egypt due to the dilapidated state of the rail network and its poor management.

The government has recently launched several initiatives to modernize infrastructure.

In 2018, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi estimated that around 250 billion Egyptian pounds would be needed to renovate the country’s dilapidated rail network.

Videos of the accident show a wagon crushed by the impact, surrounded by a crowd. Rescuers tried to pull the injured out through the windows of one of the cars.