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At least 47 children aged four to six years
old have been killed after their school bus
was hit by a train in central Egypt, officials
said.
The bus was carrying about 60 children from
a nursery school when it was hit by a train
near Manfalut, 350km (230 miles) south of
Cairo.
The Egyptian transport minister has resigned,
state media report.
Reports from witnesses say the barriers of
the crossing were opened when the bus
approached.
"The deaths have now reached 47. There are
13 children injured," Assiut state governor
Yehya Keshk told state television.
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi ordered
his ministers to offer support to the families
of those killed, the state news agency
reported.
"They told us the barriers were open when
the bus crossed the tracks and the train
collided with it," doctor Mohamed Samir told
the Reuters news agency, citing witness
accounts.
The head of the state railway authority has
also resigned.
Distraught families are searching for the
remains of their loved ones along the tracks,
the Associated Press reports.
Egypt's roads and railways have a poor
safety record. An estimated 8,000 people die
in car accidents each year in the country.
BBC News - Egypt bus crash kills 47 children near Manfalut
RIP
old have been killed after their school bus
was hit by a train in central Egypt, officials
said.
The bus was carrying about 60 children from
a nursery school when it was hit by a train
near Manfalut, 350km (230 miles) south of
Cairo.
The Egyptian transport minister has resigned,
state media report.
Reports from witnesses say the barriers of
the crossing were opened when the bus
approached.
"The deaths have now reached 47. There are
13 children injured," Assiut state governor
Yehya Keshk told state television.
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi ordered
his ministers to offer support to the families
of those killed, the state news agency
reported.
"They told us the barriers were open when
the bus crossed the tracks and the train
collided with it," doctor Mohamed Samir told
the Reuters news agency, citing witness
accounts.
The head of the state railway authority has
also resigned.
Distraught families are searching for the
remains of their loved ones along the tracks,
the Associated Press reports.
Egypt's roads and railways have a poor
safety record. An estimated 8,000 people die
in car accidents each year in the country.
BBC News - Egypt bus crash kills 47 children near Manfalut
RIP
