42 people have been killed and 38 others injured after a train crashed into several vehicles on a railway crossing in northern Egypt.
The accident happened yesterday around 80km east of the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matruh.
A truck slammed into vehicles including a car and a bus waiting at the crossing, pushing them onto the tracks, security sources said.
The train ploughed into the vehicles seconds later.
Officials have said they believed the truck's brakes had failed.
The force of the impact flipped two of the train's carriages over and unhitched three more.
A series of road and rail accidents over the past few years triggered a public outcry over the Egyptian 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.
In 2002, 360 people were killed when fire ripped through seven carriages of a crowded passenger train.
