As many as 20 people were killed and 84 others were wounded in a two-train collision in Alexandria on Friday, said the health ministry.

Twenty five ambulances rushed to the scene in Khorshid area, said Ahmed el-Ansary, the head of the ambulance authority, in a press release.

The dead and the injured were moved to near hospitals, said the official.

Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eddin has assigned the the ministry's undersecretary in Alexandria Sherif Wadea to follow up the conditions of the injured, he added.

Source : Mena