CAIRO — In Egypt's deadliest rail accident in years, 42 people were killed and 123 were injured when two trains collided near the Khorshid train station east of Alexandria, according to a statement by the Ministry of Health Aug. 11.
The initial reports suggested that the crash occurred because of a signal fault, causing the train traveling from Cairo to crash into the back of another that stopped suddenly, resulting in several train cars being crushed. However, the Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA) blamed both trains' conductors for the crash.