Late reports

4.9, collision, fatalities

Egypt: a passenger train and a freight train collided head-on north of Cairo, killing at least two people and injuring 16 others. However, media reports suggested as many as five people had died, but other security sources put the death toll at two, including the driver of one of the trains. Rescuers were searching the wreckage for more casualties. The crash occurred in the town of Shibin al- Qanater, 30 km north of the Egyptian capital. There was no immediate word on the cause of the crash but security sources said the trains were travelling in opposite directions on the same track and collided head-on.