CAIRO (AP) — A passenger train derailed Saturday in western Egypt, killing at least three people and injuring 94 others, authorities said. It was the latest in a series of rail accidents in the country in recent years.
The train derailed as it traveled to Cairo from the western Mediterranean province of Matrouh, on the country’s north coast, railway authorities said in a statement. Seven of its wagons went off the tracks, with two of them overturning.
The Health Ministry released a separate statement detailing the casualty count, adding that 30 ambulances were dispatched to transfer the injured to hospitals.
The railway authorities’ statement said an investigation was opened to determine the cause of the derailment.
Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where an aging railway system has also been plagued by mismanagement. Last October, a locomotive crashed into the tail of a Cairo-bound passenger train in southern Egypt, killing at least one person and injuring multiple others.
In recent years, the government announced initiatives to improve its railways. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said in 2018 some 250 billion Egyptian pounds, or $8.13 billion, would be needed to properly overhaul the country's neglected rail network.
This image made from a video shows a passenger train derailed in Matrouh, northwest of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo)
This image made from a video shows the site of a passenger train derailment in Matrouh, northwest of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo)
This image made from a video shows a passenger train derailed in Matrouh, northwest of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson will be sidelined for three to five weeks after undergoing a procedure to treat a left thigh injury, putting his Olympic participation for Sweden in question.
Carlsson had the procedure Friday in Los Angeles on a Morel-Lavallée lesion — a rare degloving injury in which skin and fat become separated from fascia tissue, leaving a fluid-filled space.
“I haven't heard exactly how he's doing right now, but I'm sure he's in the situation where he's going through the process and the procedure that he went through,” Anaheim coach Joel Quenneville said after the Ducks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in a shootout Friday night. "We wish him nothing but the best, and then have a great recovery and come back and help us out."
Carlsson, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 draft, got off to an exceptional start for the Ducks this season with 38 points in his first 29 games. But he had been in a scoring slump for the past month, producing just six points in the past 15 games.
Quenneville acknowledged that Carlsson had been attempting to play through the problem.
“Yeah, but I don't know for how long, and then I think it progressively got worse,” Quenneville said. “It was one of those things that they had to nab it when they did today.”
The 21-year-old Carlsson was selected for Sweden's Olympic team, but the Milan-Cortina Games begin in 3 1/2 weeks.
Carlsson is still the leading scorer for the Ducks this season with 44 points in 44 games. His extended absence is another setback for Anaheim, which has slumped for the past five weeks after spending much of the season's first 2 1/2 months in first place in the Pacific Division.
Despite playing without their top two scorers due to injury, the Ducks rallied from a two-goal deficit to win at Los Angeles in the first leg of a home-and-home Freeway Faceoff miniseries. Troy Terry was placed on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, missing his fourth straight game.
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Anaheim Ducks center Leo Carlsson (91) celebrates after his goal with defenseman Ian Moore (74) during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
