More than 70 injured in train derailment in Egypt
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An Egyptian health ministry official says 69 people were injured when a train derailed and two of its cars overturned, as it was travelling north toward Cairo.
Gamal el-Gohari was quoted by Egypt's state-run news agency as saying that the accident took place early Thursday morning near Beni Suef, a southern city. MENA quoted an unidentified security official as saying that the train hit a cement wall while trying to avoid a second one heading in the opposite direction, causing two of its compartments to overturn.
The agency also said that the train conductor was arrested.
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Railroad accidents due to negligence are common in Egypt. The railway's worst disaster was in February 2002 when a train heading to southern Egypt caught fire, killing 363 people.