(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) At least 24 people have been killed and 28 injured as a train crashed into a minibus and other vehicles south of Egypt's capital Cairo, officials say.
The train, travelling from the city of Bani Swaif, hit the vehicles at a crossing about 40km about (25 miles) from Cairo. State television says many of those killed were on the bus returning from a wedding
Monday's collision happened near the village of Dahshur, with reports saying the minibus and two other vehicles were involved
Local security officials told Egypt's media that the crossing gates of the tracks had been closed and the train's driver was surprised to see vehicles still crossing
"The crossing was closed with chains, there were warning lights," Hussein Zakaria, the head of Egypt's railway authority, told state TV
Ambulances later arrived at the scene to take the injured to hospitals
There are fears that the death toll could rise further
Egypt's worst train disaster was in 2002, when a train caught fire in Cairo, killing 373 people.
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