At least seven people were killed when a train and a school bus collided in Cairo’s Shorouk on Friday, state-owned media reported.
The crash injured an additional 26 people, according to the official health ministry counts.
Gharbeya governor, Saeed Kamel, referred the school’s high board to the public prosecution for investigation on charges of not having received “official consent” to send students on a school trip.
The governor also asked for the families of the deceased children to be “compensated” for their losses, state-media said.
A cargo train hit the school bus as it was crossing the railway tracks in an “unauthorised” manner, state-owned Al-Ahram reported.
Train crashes at railway crossings have frequently killed people as similar accidents have taken place over the past years.
In 2012, a collision between a train and a school bus in Assiut killed over 50 people, most of which were children.
In 2013, over 30 people were killed when a train and a microbus collided at a crossing south of Cairo.
