A train driver was killed, over 60 were injured after a derailment in Egypt's Giza district.
The train derailed in the Al-Ayyat area on the Cairo-Aswan agricultural road near the Garza interchange in the Giza district, the Egyptian Railways Authority said.
What is known so far:
The train driver died of his injuries in the hospital, a medical source told Sputnik.
At least 64 people were injured, when 52 ambulances were deployed for rescue operations and transportation of victims.
The Ministry of Health ordered that all medical facilities in the Giza and Bnei Suaf districts be put on high alert.
Emergency crews are treating the injured and clearing the wreckage while authorities investigate the cause of the crash.
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