Samir Sabri, a lawyer, filed litigation to the Public Prosecutor Abdulmegid Mahmoud against the resigned Transport Minister Mohammed Rashad Al-Metini to be judged for the accident. “There is great neglect in Transport Ministry, and the evidence appears in the several incidents that takes place,” Sabri said. According to official sources in Railway Authority, the crossing worker is responsible for the incident that he did not receive the signature in time, thus, the accident happened. “Developing the crossings is not going to end the crisis, there must be a mechanism forces crossing workers to commit to their work,” Deputy Head of Egypt's Railway Authority Moahmmed Al-Sadeq said. “Crossings and their supervisors are considered ticking bombs lay on the rail way,”Al-Sadeq claimed, adding that all the calls between the crossing and the control tower is recorded to identify who is in charge with the accident. 47 children, a driver and 2 supervisors were killed and som 17 were injured, while a bus was struck by a train on a railway crossing in Manfalut, 356 kilometres (220 miles) south of Cairo.
