11 people killed after Egypt train accident

Videos on social media showed wagons overturned and passengers escaping to safety along the railway

Security forces stand guard as people gather at the site where a passenger train derailed near Banha, Qalyubia province, Egypt. Picture: Tarek Wagih/AP

A passenger train derailed on Sunday north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities said.

It was the latest of several rail accidents to hit the country in recent years.