Egypt trains collide in Alexandria, killing many

Two passenger trains have collided in northern Egypt, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens more, health officials say.

One train was travelling from Cairo and the other from Port Said when the accident happened in the northern coastal city of Alexandria.

Emergency teams are at the scene. It is not yet known what caused the two trains to collide.

Deadly train accidents in Egypt are rare but not unheard of.

Footage broadcast on Egyptian state broadcaster Nile TV shows one of the trains partly keeled over in the crash, with emergency services transferring the injured to ambulances.

( People search for survivors in one of the carriages crushed by the impact)

( More than 120 people were injured in the crash, health officials said)

One passenger, Moumen Youssef, is quoted by Reuters news agency describing the moments after the collision happened at 14:15 local time (12:15 GMT).

"The train I was riding was going very quickly. I found myself on the floor. When we came out, we found four train cars crushed and a lot of people on the ground," he said.

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