(Others) – Reform campaigner and founder of the Constitution Party, Mohamed ElBaradei, extends his condolences to families and laments failures in the Egyptian system towards the 50 children who died in the bus hit by a train on Saturday. "Peace and God's mercy for our lost children because of the catastrophic failure in everything," he wrote on his Twitter account. ElBaradei added: "I feel pain, shame and anger. God how did we get here and when will we see salvation?" A bus full of 60 kindergarten children, aged four - six years old, was struck by a train as it drove over a railway crossing in Manfalout, a village in the Upper Egyptian town of Assiut, Saturday morning. There are conflicting reports of how the collision occurred. The Railway Authority earlier claimed that the bus driver drove the school bus over the tracks despite the fact that the warning lights and sirens were sounding. However, other eyewitnesses asserted that it was the train passed that through the crossing unexpectedly. Egypt is notorious for lack of maintenance, a disregard for traffic rules. Furthermore, the railway, metro and bus drivers occasionally go on strike protesting but corruption at top levels and the need for services and maintenance of a decrepit transportation system.
