More than 50 ambulances were sent by the Ministry of Health to rescue injured people from the train accident.
The Egyptian Railway Authority said it was still investigating the cause of the train crash that was on its way from Cairo to Mansoura on Sunday.
“During train 949/3209, which was traveling from Cairo to Mansoura at 13:54, 4 cars derailed near Sandanhour station (near Toukh),” the Egyptian railway authority said in a statement.
Most of the injuries were minor and moderate with only a few critical cases, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed told a local TV station.
The video posted on social media showed victims and injured spreading on the railway line, next to the overturned train carriages, and the sounds of distress. Train movement stops in the Eastern Delta.