MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Local media earlier reported, citing medical sources, that at least 36 people were killed and over 120 were injured.
One of the trains was traveling from Cairo, and the other from Port Said. As a result of the collision, several cars derailed and overturned.
According to local authorities, a mistake by the operator of a semaphore caused the accident.
Local media reported that Egypt's Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadiq has ordered an urgent investigation into the collision.
