RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has expressed deep sorrow over a train accident in Egypt that resulted in multiple injuries and deaths.

At least 11 people were killed and 98 injured when a train went off the tracks near the city of Toukh, north of Cairo on Sunday, according to Egypt's health ministry.

In a statement on Sunday, the foreign ministry said: “Saudi Arabia expresses sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, and to the Egyptian leadership, government and people, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.”

The Egyptian Railways Authority said on Sunday it was still investigating why the train, which was heading from Cairo to Mansoura, derailed.

"During the passage of train No. 949/3209 heading from Cairo to Mansoura, at 13:54, 4 cars derailed near Sandanhour station (near Toukh)," the Egyptian Railway Authority said in a statement.

Most of the injuries were minor or moderate, with only a few critical cases, Khaled Megahed, a health ministry spokesman, told a local TV station.

This is the third major train accident to occur in Egypt in less than a month. At least 32 people were killed and 165 injured last month after two trains collided in the Tahta district of the Upper Egypt governorate of Sohag. — SG with inputs from agencies