It was not immediately clear what caused the derailment.
CAIRO — A passenger train derailed Sunday north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities said. It was the latest of several rail accidents to hit the country in recent years. Four train cars ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just outside Cairo, the railway authority said in a statement. Videos on social media showed wagons overturned and passengers escaping to safety along the railway. The train was traveling to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura from the Egyptian capital, the statement said. The Health Ministry said in a statement that besides the dead, at least 98 people were injured, with most of them suffering from broken bones, cuts and bruises. At least 60 ambulances were sent to the scene and the injured were taken to nearby hospitals, the ministry added. Salvage teams could be seen searching for survivors and removing the derailed cars. It was not immediately clear what caused the train to derail.
