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Three killed in Egypt train accident, 54 injured

Several carriages of a train traveling from Alexandria to the city of Marsa Matrouh derailed

Several carriages of a passenger train derailed, killing three people and injuring 54, TASS reported, quoted by dariknews.bg.

„Several carriages of a train traveling from Alexandria to the city of Marsa Matrouh overturned and derailed in the Matrouh governorate (northern Egypt). "As a result of the accident, three people were killed and 54 were injured," the Egyptian Ministry of Health said in a press release.

The Deputy Prime Minister for Industry and Minister of Transport of the Arab Republic, Kamel al-Wazir, has already traveled to the scene of the accident.