A passenger train has derailed in western Egypt, killing at least three people and injuring 94 others, authorities have said, in the latest in a number of rail crashes in the country in recent years.

The train derailed on Saturday as it travelled to the capital Cairo from the western Mediterranean province of Matrouh, on the country’s north coast, railway authorities said in a statement.

Seven of its wagons went off the tracks, with two of them overturning.

The Health Ministry detailed deaths and injuries, adding that 30 ambulances were dispatched to transfer the injured to hospitals.

The railway authorities’ statement said an investigation is now under way to determine the cause of the accident.

Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where an ageing railway system has als

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