A passenger train derailed Tuesday north of Cairo, killing at least two people and injuring 16 others, Egyptian authorities said.
The train went off its tracks as it traveled through a station in the city of Qalyub on its way to the city of Menouf in the Nile Delta, state prosecutors said in a statement. They said they had opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.
At least 20 ambulances were dispatched and the injured were transferred to hospitals, health authorities said.
Videos of the aftermath posted on Facebook showed crowds of people and emergency services gathering around the rail cars, which had remained upright. In other footage, passengers were seen being pulled from the wreckage through rail-car windows.
