At least 36 are killed and 123 injured as two trains crash in head-on collision along Egypt's Mediterranean coast
- WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
- Trains collided in the city of Alexandria on Egypt's northern coast this afternoon
- Medics say 36 were killed and 123 have been left wounded in the devastating crash
- Images show the train wreckage and the dead and injured lying on the ground
At least 36 people have been killed and 123 left injured after two trains crashed into each other in Egypt today.
The head-on collision happened in the Khorshid suburb of the northern coastal city of Alexandria and there are fears the death toll could yet rise further.
Shocking pictures have emerged showing the mangled wreckage of the trains and the dead and injured lying on the ground nearby.
Medics in Egypt have said more than 100 people have been injured by the head-on crash
A member of Egyptian security personnel looks over the wreckage after the crash today
At least 36 people have been killed and more than 100 are injured after two trains crashed into each other in Alexandria, Egypt today
Shocking pictures have emerged showing the mangled wreckage of the trains and bodies covered in sheets on the ground nearby
Egyptian security forces stand guard at the site of a train collision in the area of Khorshid
Egypt's railway system has a poor safety record, mostly blamed on decades of badly maintained equipment and poor management
Medics and officials from the Mediterranean coastal city say as many as 36 have been killed in the crash.
Egypt's railway system has a poor safety record, mostly blamed on decades of badly maintained equipment and poor management.
State television, citing transport ministry officials, reported that today's crash was probably caused by a malfunction in one of the trains that brought it to a halt on the rails.
The dead and injured were initially placed on blankets by the sides of the tracks amid farmland on the outskirts of Alexandria.
Assistant health minister Sharif Wadi told state television that most of the injured had been taken to hospital.
The two trains crashed head-on, killing 36. It is thought to have been caused by a malfunction in one train that brought it to a halt
Medics and officials say as many as 28 have been killed in the crash. The cause of the disaster is not yet clear
Paramedics arrive at the site of a train collision in the area of Khorshid, in Egypts Mediterranean city of Alexandria
Medics have said 36 people have died and 123 have been left injured by the head-on collision
It is one of the biggest public transport crashes in the recent times. In 2002, 373 people died in a fire in a train
Egypt's transport minister has ordered an investigation into the crash, pledging to 'hold accountable' whoever was responsible, state television reported.
It was the deadliest train accident in the North African country since a November 2013 collision between a train and a bus killed 27 people south of Cairo.
In 2002, 373 people died when a fire ripped through a crowded train south of the capital.
Footage broadcast on state television today showed one train had partly keeled over in the crash, and medics were seen moving crash victims to ambulances.
The head of the ambulance services in the city's western sector, Dr. Mohamed Abu Homs, says the collision took place in the western suburb of Khorshid.
The trains collided head on. One train was coming from Cairo and the other was coming from the city of Port Said, at the Suez Canal.
Abu Homs says he fears the death toll and the number of injured could rise further.
The trains collided head on. One was coming from Cairo and the other was coming from the city of Port Said, at the Suez Canal
Egypt's transport minister has ordered an investigation into the crash, pledging to 'hold accountable' whoever was responsible
One train had partly keeled over in the crash, and medics were seen moving crash victims to ambulances
Shocking pictures have emerged showing the mangled wreckage of the trains and the dead and injured lying on the ground nearby
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