At least two people were killed and 16 others injured after a train derailed on Tuesday in Qalyub, a city in the Qalyubia Governorate about 23 km north of Egypt's capital Cairo.

Edited by| Hugh Gey

World section - CJ journalist

World -8 march,2023

A statement came out of the Egyptian Health Ministry apologizing to the Egyptians for the incident where 2 were killed and another 16 passengers wounded and moved to the hospital, as there are 10 of the 16 injured people were receiving medical treatment at the Qalyub Specialist Hospital, adding that their injuries were not life-threatening.

The Egyptian health ministry announced that 16 people entered the hospitals where 10 persons get their medication and got out, while the other 6 patients are in stable condition and their injuries aren't threatened.

Minister Kamel Elwazeer described the incident with sorrow, and the ministry revealed the reasons behind it. According to Egyptian National Railways said in a statement that the train went through the "closed semaphore" at the Qalyub Train Station and headed toward a blocked railway before colliding with the protection at the end of the railway.

As a result, the locomotive and the first carriage were derailed, the statement said, adding the Egyptian Transportation Ministry formed a committee to investigate the accident.

Meanwhile, Egypt's Public Prosecutor also ordered an investigation into the Qalyub train collision.

Egypt's railway system has long been troubled by poorly maintained equipment and poor administration, which frequently results in train derailments and crashes. At least 32 people were killed in a train collision in 2021 in Tahta, a city in southern Egypt. Later that year, a train derailed in Qalyubia, killing 11 people