Police Inspect Site Of Train Accident Near Cairo Which Left 19 Dead, 100 Injured

Egyptians inspect the wreckage of a train accident in Badrasheen, 40 KM south of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. At least 19 people died and more than 100 were injured when two railroad passenger cars derailed just south of Cairo, health officials say. The accident comes less than two weeks after a new transportation minister was appointed to overhaul the rail system, and just two months after a deadly collision between a train and school bus.

Egyptians donate their blood at a hospital following a train crash in Badrasheen, 40 KM South Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. <AP/NEWSis>

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2013 shows the train derail accident site at the Giza neighborhoods of Badrashin, Egypt. A military train derailed in Egypt early Tuesday, killing at least 19 conscripts and injuring 107 others, a spokesman from the Health Ministry said in a statement to official MENA news agency.

The derailed train is removed from accident site at the Giza neighborhoods of Badrashin, Egypt. A military train derailed in Egypt early Tuesday, killing at least 19 conscripts and injuring 107 others, a spokesman from the Health Ministry said in a statement to official MENA news agency. <Xinhua>