Trains collide in Egypt’s Nile Delta leaving 3 dead, 29 injured

Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities said.

The crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said in a statement. Egypt’s Health Ministry said the collision injured at least 40 others.

Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where an aging railway system has also been plagued…