Not less than three people have been pronounced dead as a train collided in Egypt's Nile Delta on saturday , this was according to the statement released by the police.
According to a statement issued by the nation's train officials, the tragedy happened near Zagazig, the province seat of Sharqiya.
About forty people were also injured in the accidents , this was according to Egypt's Health ministry.
The railways system in Egypt has been a victim of mismanagement which has seen its railway system be in a dilapidated state, this has been a min cause of frequent railway accidents.
In recent years , Government has made plains to upgrade its rail station. The North African nation's dilapidated train system would require an estimated 250 billion Egyptian pounds, or .13 billion, to adequately renovate, according to President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in 2018. Crowds swarmed a train car that had been crushed by the collision in the video taken at the scene of the accident. A passenger car's windows were attempted to be used to raise the injured by men. In the Mediterranean province of Alexandria, two individuals were killed when a train struck a truck that was crossing the train tracks last month.