The Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA) announced that a passenger train on Alexandria-Matrouh track derailed on Thursday night, forcing the locomotive and three carriages to derail and overturn, leaving some passengers slightly injured but no deaths reported. In a statement released on Thursday, ERA said the train derailed between the stations of Sidi Abdel Rahman and Gazal Ali, adding that a crane will be deployed to the scene to remove the derailed locomotive and carriages as soon as possible The ERA added that it was currently investigating the causes of the accident