Four people were killed and 23 injured when a passenger train slammed into the buffers at a station north of Cairo, the Egyptian health ministry said in an update Wednesday.
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The National Railways Authority said the driver had overshot the station and run into the buffers at the end of the track after passing through a stop signal. Pictures from the scene showed emergency crews using a crane to lift the derailed coach that appeared to be partially crumpled.
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