At least 100 people were injured in Egypt on Thursday when a passenger
train derailed and two of its cars overturned, the health ministry
said.
The accident occurred in Bani Sueif province south of Cairo
as the train was headed to the Egyptian capital from the temple city of
Luxor.
"Fifty-eight people were treated for their injuries and
discharged, while the rest are under observation in hospital," the
ministry said in a statement.
Deadly train and vehicle accidents
are common in Egypt, and some have sparked protests against alleged
negligence in enforcing safety standards.
In
March last year, children were among seven people killed when a train
crashed into a school bus on an unauthorised level crossing east of
Cairo.
But the deadliest disaster occurred in February 2002 when
370 people were killed in a fire which tore through a train south of the
capital.
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