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At least 69 people were injured when a train derailed and two of its cars overturned as it was travelling north toward Cairo on Thursday, an Egyptian Health Ministry official said

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A crowd looks at the wreckage of a train crash in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

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People gather at the site of a train derailment near Beni Suef, Egypt.Samer Abdullah/The Associated Press

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An Egyptian woman lies on a hospital bed after she was injured in a train crash in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

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Egyptian workers remove the wreckage of a train crash in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

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Crowd looks over at the wreckage of a train crash in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

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People gather at the site of a train derailment near Beni Suef, Egypt.Samer Abdullah/The Associated Press

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Egyptian workers remove the wreckage of a train crash in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

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An Egyptian boy walks near the wreckage of a train crash in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

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Crowd of people look over the wreckage of a train crash in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

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An Egyptian man walks over the wreckage of a train crash in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

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