3 Dead, Over 100 Injured After Several Train Cars Flip and Derail, Cause Unknown

Three people are dead and over a hundred more are injured following a train accident, in which at least two cars were completely overturned.

The train was traveling from Marsa Matruh, a port city in northwestern Egypt, to Cairo on Saturday, Aug. 30, when the accident occurred, according to a statement the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) shared on Facebook.

Two train cars were overturned, while seven more were derailed. The accident resulted in the deaths of three people, the MOHP said in its initial post, which was originally penned in Arabic.

The number of travelers injured in the accident, meanwhile, kept climbing. Thirty-seven ambulances were sent to the scene, according to the MOHP.

Hours after the accident, the government ministry reported in another Facebook update that the number of injured passengers had increased from 54 to 94.

That number later climbed to 103, with three individuals receiving what MOHP spokesperson Dr. Hossam Abdel-Ghafar described in another statement as “intensive care.”

According to Abdel-Ghafar, 87 of the injured travelers have already left the hospital after receiving medical care, and 16 more remain stable but under observation.

Injuries varied from fractures to cuts and bruises, the spokesperson said.

Several officials, including Health Minister Dr Khaled Abdul Ghaffar, visited the Hyena and Ras Al-Hakma hospitals, where the accident victims were transported, following the crash, officials said. The MOHP head also offered his condolences and prayers to the families of the victims.

“Medical teams continue to assess the health status of patients, ensuring that all blood needs and derivatives are provided to provide the necessary medical care,” the MOHP said in a statement translated from Arabic.

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In the aftermath of the Aug. 30 accident, dozens of people surrounded the scene, and two cranes were positioned to lift one of the overturned train cars, as seen in photos shared by the MOHP and in footage obtained by Extra News.

The cause of the crash is not yet known. The transport ministry and the Egyptian National Railways Authority are currently investigating, according to the BBC.

Accidents such as this are not uncommon on Egypt’s railway network, the British outlet reported, due in part to “poor maintenance and a lack of investment.”