Egypt bus crash kills dozens of children

Up to 50 children have been killed in southern Egypt after the bus carrying them to kindergarten collided with a speeding train. The crash is believed to have happened when the bus, carrying more than 50 children aged between four and six, drove through a railway crossing near Manfalut, a village near Assiut. "They told us the barriers were open when the bus crossed the tracks and the train collided with it," said Mohamed Samir, a doctor at a hospital where injured survivors were taken. Officials said a crossing guard who was allegedly asleep at the time of the collision had been arrested.