A train derailed in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo leaving eleven dead and 98 injured, the health ministry said in a statement.
58 ambulances rushed to the site and moved the injured to three hospitals in the province, it said.
Egypt’s health minister Hala Zayed visited the injured in hospital after the incident and 14 wounded people have been discharged from hospital.
The train departed Cairo at 1:20 P.M. and was due to arrive in Mansoura at 5:00 P.M.
At least 20 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in March when two trains collided near Tahta in Sohag province.