Two passengers trains collided in Egypt’s The Nile Delta on Saturday killed at least three people, two of them children, authorities said.
The crash occurred in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said in a statement.
Egypt’s health ministry said the collision injured at least 40 others.
Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where an aging railway system has also been plagued by mismanagement.
In recent years, the government has announced initiatives to improve its railways.
In 2018, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said about 250 billion Egyptian pounds, or $8.13 billion, would be needed to properly overhaul the North African country’s neglected railway network.
Video from the crash scene showed a train car crumpled by the impact, surrounded by crowds of people.
The men tried to lift the injured through the windows of a car.
Last month, a train crashed into a truck crossing the train tracks in the Mediterranean province of Alexandria, killing two people.