Egypt train crash kills 42

Updated 15.34 Thu Jul 17 2008

Keywords: crash, train, Egypt

Egypt's worst train crash in two years has left 42 people dead.

Forty people were also injured when the train ploughed into a car and a bus at a level-crossing near Marsa Matruh, 270 miles north-west of the capital Cairo.

Seven of the dead were Libyans and nineteen have still not been identified

Seven of the dead were Libyans and nineteen have still not been identified.

Egyptian authorities had dispatched a team of experts to investigate the causes of the crash.

A series of road and rail accidents over the past few years has triggered a public outcry over the government's handling of road and transport safety.

Two years ago, a train crash killed 58 people and injured scores more in the Nile Delta town of Qalyoub, north of Cairo.