30 killed in Egypt train collision

At least 30 people were killed and more than 60 others injured after two trains collided north of the Egyptian city of Sohag on Friday.

The collision caused three passenger cars to flip over and videos on local media from the scene showed wagons with passengers trapped inside and surrounded by debris.
Some victims seemed unconscious while others could be seen bleeding. Bystanders carried bodies and laid them out on the ground near the site.

The health ministry said in a statement “32 people were killed and 66 injured”. At least 50 wounded were transferred to four nearby hospitals.

Egypt’s railway authority said the trains collided after emergency brakes were triggered by “unknown individuals” near the city of Sohag, about 500km (260 miles) south of the capital Cairo.

The brakes caused one of the trains to stop and the other to crash into it from behind, and the authority is conducting further investigations, it said.
The public prosecutor’s office said it also ordered an investigation.
“The trains collided while going at not very high speeds, which led to the destruction of two carriages and a third to overturn,” an unnamed security source said.
Authorities dispatched 36 ambulances to the scene and casualties were being taken to local hospitals, the health ministry said in a statement.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi vowed to punish those responsible for the deadly wreck.