Egypt trains collide in Alexandria, killing many

More than 120 people were injured in the crash, the country's health ministry said. All hospitals in the region have been placed on high alert.

The death toll was initially put at 21, but this was later revised upwards by the health ministry. Egypt train collision kills many

Egypt's transport minister has ordered an investigation into the crash, Nile TV reports.

Early indications are that one of the trains may have suffered a mechanical failure and stalled, causing the second train to strike it, officials said.

In 2013, dozens of people were killed and when a train crashed into a minibusand other vehicles south of Cairo.

Egypt's deadliest rail accident occurred near the capital in 2002, when a fire ripped through a crowded train killing more than 370 people.